Explore the Family Name Cirone

The meaning of Cirone

Italian (southern): from an augmentative of the personal name Ciro. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Cono, Domenico, Salvatore, Caterina, Marco, Nunzio, Pasquale, Romolo, Vito.

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How common is the last name Cirone in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Cirone" saw a significant decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 26,306th most common but dropped to 34,801st in 2010, marking a decrease in popularity by 32.29%. The count of people using this surname also fell from 873 in 2000 to 649 in 2010, a dip of 25.66%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Cirone surname per 100k decreased by 31.25%, moving from 0.32 to 0.22.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,306	#34,801	-32.29%
Count	873	649	-25.66%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.22	-31.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cirone

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census exhibits some shifts between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the majority of Cirones identified as White (96.33%). By 2010, although the majority still identified as White, that figure had slightly dipped to 94.76%. Interestingly, there were no recorded instances of the Cirone surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races categories in 2000, but by 2010, both these ethnicities accounted for 0.77% each. Additionally, the Hispanic representation increased noticeably from 2.29% in 2000 to 3.39% in 2010, marking an upward shift of 48.03%. There were no changes within the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.33%	94.76%	-1.63%
Hispanic	2.29%	3.39%	48.03%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.77%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.77%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%