Explore the Family Name D’aquino

The meaning of D’aquino

Italian: habitational name for someone from a place called Aquino, of which there are several examples in Italy, but in particular the one in Lazio, birthplace of Saint Thomas Aquinas (see Aquino). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Nicola, Stefano, Gaetano, Margherita, Nunzio, Sal, Salvatore. Spanish Alba, Jose Alejandro, Pedro, Socorro.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname D’Aquino has seen a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 57,406 in popularity with a count of 332 bearers of the name per 100k individuals. By 2010, it had fallen in rank to 59,742, despite an increase in bearer count to 338. This disparity is due to the overall population growth, which slightly diluted the proportion of D'Aquinos per 100k people, leading to a decrease of about 8.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,406	#59,742	-4.07%
Count	332	338	1.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

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

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts within the D'Aquino population from 2000 to 2010. Bearers of the name identifying as White decreased from 88.55 percent to 83.73 percent. On the other hand, those identifying as Hispanic saw a notable increase of 44.87 percent, rising from 6.33 percent in 2000 to 9.17 percent in 2010. The percentage of D'Aquinos identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races remained relatively stable. No D'Aquinos identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.55%	83.73%	-5.44%
Hispanic	6.33%	9.17%	44.87%
Two or More Races	4.22%	4.14%	-1.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.78%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%