Explore the Family Name Contini

The meaning of Contini

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Contino. This surname is also found in France. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Aniello, Attilio, Ettore, Gianfranco, Giorgio, Guido, Orest, Renzo, Rocco, Umberto. French Gaston, Laurent.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Contini's popularity in the United States has slightly decreased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Contini was ranked 36,045th most common surname, but by 2010 it had dropped to 38,103rd, marking a decrease of approximately 5.71%. Despite this drop in rank, the count of people with the Contini surname remained fairly stable with just a small decrease of 1.02% (from 588 in 2000 to 582 in 2010). The proportion per 100,000 also declined by 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,045	#38,103	-5.71%
Count	588	582	-1.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Contini

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Contini also showed changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. A majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, accounting for 93.20% in 2000 and dropping slightly to 89.52% in 2010. The next largest group was Hispanic, which saw a substantial rise from 3.74% in 2000 to 7.04% in 2010. Another notable change was seen in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which increased from 1.02% to 2.23%. However, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races fell to zero, and no individuals with the Contini surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.2%	89.52%	-3.95%
Hispanic	3.74%	7.04%	88.24%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.02%	2.23%	118.63%
Two or More Races	1.53%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%