Explore the Family Name De Cesare

The meaning of De Cesare

Italian: variant of Di Cesare. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carmine, Gaetano, Gino, Marco, Antonio, Carlo, Carmela, Dante, Dino, Donato, Edmondo.

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

The surname De Cesare has seen a moderate increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 13,245th most popular and by 2010 moved up in rank to 12,541st, representing a growth of approximately 5.32%. The actual count of individuals with this surname increased from 2,113 to 2,470, demonstrating an upsurge of 16.9%. Additionally, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people saw a rise of 7.69% during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,245	#12,541	5.32%
Count	2,113	2,470	16.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.78	0.84	7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Cesare

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts from 2000 to 2010 for the De Cesare surname. The proportion identifying as White declined slightly from 97.16% to 95.43%, while those identifying as Hispanic experienced a significant rise from 1.94% to 2.83%. The proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races also saw a substantial increase, climbing from 0.43% to 1.01%. Meanwhile, the Asian/Pacific Islander group decreased slightly from 0.28% to 0.24%. New appearances in the 2010 data were those identifying as Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native, each making up 0.24% of the total, where there was no representation in these categories in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.16%	95.43%	-1.78%
Hispanic	1.94%	2.83%	45.88%
Two or More Races	0.43%	1.01%	134.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.28%	0.24%	-14.29%
Black	0%	0.24%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.24%	0%