Explore the Family Name D’errico

The meaning of D’errico

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Errico, an equivalent of Henry. Compare Derico. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Domenic, Salvatore, Angelo, Dante, Donato, Elio, Giampaolo, Giovanni, Marco, Matteo, Mauro.

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

The surname D'Errico, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census, held the rank of 13,158 in terms of popularity in the year 2000 before falling to 14,316 in 2010, marking an 8.8% decrease. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a slight dip of almost 1.88%, going from 2130 in 2000 to 2090 in 2010. This drop is reflected in the proportion per 100k people as well, which decreased by 10.13% from 0.79 to 0.71.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,158	#14,316	-8.8%
Count	2,130	2,090	-1.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.79	0.71	-10.13%

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

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname D’Errico identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a small decline from 86.10% to 83.88%. The second largest group identified as Black, but it also experienced a small decrease over the ten-year period, from 9.91% to 9.67%. The proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase, nearly doubling from 2.25% in 2000 to 4.31% in 2010. The portion identifying with two or more races also increased slightly from 1.22% to 1.34%. No D'Errico individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.1%	83.88%	-2.58%
Black	9.91%	9.67%	-2.42%
Hispanic	2.25%	4.31%	91.56%
Two or More Races	1.22%	1.34%	9.84%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%