Explore the Family Name Del Rosso

The meaning of Del Rosso

Italian: literally ‘of or belonging to the red one’ (see Rosso), hence a name denoting the son, associate, or servant of a man bearing this nickname. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Cosmo, Deno, Natale, Saverio, Vita, Vito.

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How common is the last name Del Rosso in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Del Rosso has shown a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 34,799 and by 2010, it fell slightly to rank 34,916, a change of -0.34%. However, the number of individuals with this surname actually increased during this time period from 614 to 646, indicating a growth of 5.21%. The proportion per 100k people also experienced a small decline of -4.35%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,799	#34,916	-0.34%
Count	614	646	5.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Del Rosso

In terms of ethnicity, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of those with the name Del Rosso identify as White, with a very slight decrease from 94.63% in 2000 to 94.58% in 2010. The data also shows that there's been an increase in the Hispanic population with this surname from 1.95% to 2.32%. Interestingly, there was no one who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander with this surname in 2000, but by 2010, it made up 1.08% of the Del Rosso population. Those identifying as two or more races under this surname decreased by -26.89%, and there were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.63%	94.58%	-0.05%
Hispanic	1.95%	2.32%	18.97%
Two or More Races	2.12%	1.55%	-26.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.08%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%