Explore the Family Name Conetta

The meaning of Conetta

Italian (Caserta): apparently from a diminutive of an unidentified female personal name. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Aldo, Angelo, Antonio, Domenica, Enrico, Enzo, Luciano, Sal.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Conetta has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of this surname climbed from 60,083 to 59,603—a growth of 0.8 percent. Moreover, the count of people carrying this surname also increased by about 8 percent, from 314 in 2000 to 339 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, the popularity slightly decreased by 8.33 percent, indicating that while the overall usage of the Conetta surname grew, its prevalence relative to other surnames slightly waned.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,083	#59,603	0.8%
Count	314	339	7.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Conetta

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the Conetta surname is predominantly associated with individuals identifying as White, seeing an incremental rise from 96.82 percent in 2000 to 97.05 percent in 2010. It appears there has also been a small increase in the proportion of people with this surname identifying as Hispanic — from 1.59 percent in 2000 to 2.06 percent in 2010, marking a 29.56 percent change. Meanwhile, for other ethnicities like Asian/Pacific Islander, those of two or more races, Black, and American Indian/Alaskan Native, the representation remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.82%	97.05%	0.24%
Hispanic	1.59%	2.06%	29.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%