Explore the Family Name De Carlo

The meaning of De Carlo

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Carlo. Compare Di Carlo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Angelo, Rocco, Cesare, Salvatore, Antonio, Carmine, Domenic, Francesco, Aldo, Caesar, Carlo.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname De Carlo has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, De Carlo ranked as the 5433rd most popular surname in the United States, but fell to the 5860th position in 2010, a slip of around 7.86%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people carrying the De Carlo name remained stable at 5889. However, when considering the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100k people, there was a decrease of approximately 8.26%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#5,433	#5,860	-7.86%
Count	5,889	5,889	0%
Proportion per 100k	2.18	2	-8.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Carlo

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some interesting shifts within the De Carlo surname holders between 2000 and 2010. The majority identified as White, though the percentage dropped slightly from 94.58% to 93.16%. The proportion identifying as Hispanic saw a substantial increase of about 66.26%, albeit still representing a small portion of the total at 4.09%. Black De Carlos increased by 20.55%, while those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose modestly by 5.13%. There was a decrease in those reporting two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities, falling by 23.02% and 15.52% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.58%	93.16%	-1.5%
Hispanic	2.46%	4.09%	66.26%
Two or More Races	1.26%	0.97%	-23.02%
Black	0.73%	0.88%	20.55%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.58%	0.49%	-15.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.39%	0.41%	5.13%