Explore the Family Name D’imperio

The meaning of D’imperio

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Imperio, meaning ‘empire’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Francesco, Antonio, Alfonso, Alonzo, Julio, Mario, Sal.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname D’Imperio has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the rank of the surname was 36,232, but it fell to 38,439 in 2010, marking a change of -6.09. Similarly, the count of people with the surname also decreased marginally from 584 to 576 during this period (-1.37). The proportion per 100,000 population also showed a modest decline from 0.22 to 0.2 (-9.09).

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,232	#38,439	-6.09%
Count	584	576	-1.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

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

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname D’Imperio, again based on Decennial U.S. Census data, the most significant change occurred within the Hispanic community. In 2000, 2.57% of those with the surname identified as Hispanic; however, this jumped to 4.17% by 2010, a notable increase of 62.26%. On the contrary, there was a small decrease among those identifying as white from 95.03% in 2000 to 93.23% in 2010. Interestingly, there was also a slight increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 1.37% to 1.39%). The proportion of those identifying as two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained either zero or suppressed for privacy during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.03%	93.23%	-1.89%
Hispanic	2.57%	4.17%	62.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.37%	1.39%	1.46%
Two or More Races	0.86%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%