Explore the Family Name D’apice

The meaning of D’apice

Italian (southern): habitational name for someone from Apice, a place in Benevento. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Philomena, Concetta, Dante, Lorenzo, Rocco.

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How common is the last name D’apice in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname D'Apice saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 51,583 to 52,267, indicating a decline in popularity of 1.33 percent. Despite the drop in rank, the number of occurrences of the surname increased from 379 to 397, a rise of 4.75 percent over the decade. However, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 7.14 percent, from 0.14 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,583	#52,267	-1.33%
Count	379	397	4.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name D’apice

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insights into the ethnic identity associated with the surname D'Apice. In 2000, 95.51 percent of individuals with this surname identified as White, declining slightly to 94.46 percent in 2010. During the same period, the percentage of Hispanic individuals with this surname increased by 31.28 percent, from 2.11 to 2.77 percent. However, there were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander descent with this surname in 2010, a change from the 1.32 percent recorded in 2000. The data also indicated an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races holding this surname in 2010, while no such data was recorded in 2000. There were no Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals reported with this surname in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.51%	94.46%	-1.1%
Hispanic	2.11%	2.77%	31.28%
Two or More Races	0%	2.02%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.32%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%