Explore the Family Name D’ascoli

The meaning of D’ascoli

Italian: habitational name for someone from Ascoli Piceno or Ascoli Satriano. The name is also found among Jewish families, the Jewish community in Ascoli Piceno having been forced to disperse to the ghettoes of Rome and Ancona during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname D'Ascoli has shown a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 41,859th most common surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to the 42,579th position, marking a 1.72% drop in rank. However, the actual count of individuals carrying this name has increased from 489 to 509 during this period, an increase of 4.09%. Despite this increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people dropped by 5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,859	#42,579	-1.72%
Count	489	509	4.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

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

The ethnicity breakdown for the D'Ascoli surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows that the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage dropped slightly from 97.55% in 2000 to 94.70% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying with two or more ethnicities also decreased from 1.23% to 0.98% over the same period. Interestingly, there was an emergence of Hispanic ethnicity among the D’Ascoli surname bearers, which accounted for 3.34% in 2010, up from zero in 2000. The presence of Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnic identities remained relatively unchanged, while there were no individuals who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.55%	94.7%	-2.92%
Hispanic	0%	3.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.98%	0%
Two or More Races	1.23%	0.98%	-20.33%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%