Explore the Family Name Civitarese

The meaning of Civitarese

Italian: habitational name for someone from a place called with Civita, most notably Civitaluparella in Chieti province, where the modern surname is frequent, also Civitaquana in Abruzzo, and Civitacampomarano in Molise. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Domenic, Giuseppe.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Civitarese decreased in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Civitarese ranked 63,812 in the United States and by 2010 it dropped to 66,553, a decline of 4.3 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the surname Civitarese increased slightly from 292 in 2000 to 297 in 2010, a growth of 1.71 percent. However, when analyzed as a proportion per 100,000 people, there was a decrease of 9.09 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,812	#66,553	-4.3%
Count	292	297	1.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Civitarese

On the topic of ethnicity, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of people with the surname Civitarese identified as White. In 2000, 95.55 percent of individuals with the Civitarese last name were White and this increased to 98.32 percent in 2010. Over the same period, the percentage of those identifying as two or more ethnicities decreased drastically from 2.05 percent to zero. There was also a noticeable decrease in the Hispanic representation, dropping from 2.4 percent in 2000 to zero in 2010. There were no recorded instances of the surname Civitarese among Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.55%	98.32%	2.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.05%	0%	-100%
Hispanic	2.4%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%