Explore the Family Name De Amicis

The meaning of De Amicis

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Amico. It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to, of’, in this case ‘member of the Amici family’ (compare Amici). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Aldo, Dante, Eliseo, Franco, Giancarlo, Giulio, Guido, Libero, Lido.

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How common is the last name De Amicis in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname De Amicis has seen a slight increase over the past decade, moving up in rank from 58257 to 57234. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a small growth of 9.2%, increasing in number from 326 in 2000, to 356 in 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of the population with the De Amicis surname per 100k remained constant at 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,257	#57,234	1.76%
Count	326	356	9.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.12	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Amicis

The ethnic identity associated with the surname De Amicis shows some shift between 2000 and 2010 as reported by the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority of people with this surname identified as White (95.40%). This percentage decreased slightly by 1.95% to 93.54% in 2010. There were no representatives of the surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in 2000. However, there was a small emergence of individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, accounting for 2.25% of the total. Furthermore, those identifying as Hispanic increased by 37.55%, rising from 2.45% in 2000 to 3.37% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.4%	93.54%	-1.95%
Hispanic	2.45%	3.37%	37.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.25%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%