Explore the Family Name D’uva

The meaning of D’uva

Italian: literally ‘of the grapes’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew, processed, or sold grapes. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carmine, Sal, Dino, Gaetano, Giacomo, Luciano, Luigi, Onofrio, Riccardo, Rocco, Sebastiano.

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

The surname D'Uva, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, was ranked 26,694th in popularity in the year 2000 and dropped slightly to 27,974th in 2010, marking a change of -4.8 in its ranking. The number of people sharing this surname remained almost consistent over the decade, with a count of 858 in 2000 and 857 in 2010, reflecting a negligible decrease of 0.12. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people, approximately 0.32 had the D'Uva surname in 2000, and this proportion fell by -9.38 to 0.29 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,694	#27,974	-4.8%
Count	858	857	-0.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.29	-9.38%

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

In terms of ethnic identity, the D'Uva surname predominantly identifies with White ethnicity, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 96.15% of those with the surname identified as White, although this number decreased slightly to 94.40% by 2010. There's been a noticeable increase in Hispanic identification among individuals with the D'Uva surname, rising from 2.33% in 2000 to 4.32% in 2010, marking an 85.41% rise. During the same period, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races halved from 1.17% to 0.58%. The surname showed no association with Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities in both the years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.15%	94.4%	-1.82%
Hispanic	2.33%	4.32%	85.41%
Two or More Races	1.17%	0.58%	-50.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%