Explore the Family Name Crupi

The meaning of Crupi

Italian (southern): probably a nickname or metonymic occupational name from medieval Greek koroupion ‘clay jug, flower pot’, a word from which Sicilian crupa, crupu ‘vase without handle and without neck’ is derived. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Carmelo, Pasquale, Rocco, Santo, Carlo, Cosimo, Dino, Domenic, Emanuele, Onofrio, Salvatore.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Crupi" experienced a minor decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname slipped from 28,674 to 28,883, marking a slight drop of 0.73%. However, the count of individuals bearing the surname increased by 5.24%, from 782 in 2000 to 823 in 2010. Despite the increase in count, the proportion per 100k people saw a small decline of 3.45%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,674	#28,883	-0.73%
Count	782	823	5.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.28	-3.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Crupi

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname "Crupi" identify as White, though there was a small decrease in this group from 96.04% in 2000 to 94.90% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw the most significant rise, with a 55.87% growth from 1.79% in 2000 to 2.79% in 2010. A modest increase was also observed among those reporting two or more races, going up by 23.44%. Meanwhile, the census data for Asian/Pacific Islander was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons, while the categories for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.04%	94.9%	-1.19%
Hispanic	1.79%	2.79%	55.87%
Two or More Races	1.28%	1.58%	23.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.9%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%