Explore the Family Name Di Dio

The meaning of Di Dio

Italian: literally ‘of God’, most probably a name bestowed on a foundling, or possibly a nickname for a pious or devout person. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Rocco, Salvatore, Biagio, Carlo, Gino, Nazzareno, Sal, Serafino, Ugo, Vita.

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How common is the last name Di Dio in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Di Dio has seen a slight shift in popularity from 2000 to 2010. Ranked as the 21,156th most popular name in 2000, it dropped slightly to 22,216th by 2010, marking a change of -5.01%. However, the count of people carrying the Di Dio surname increased marginally from 1,156 in 2000 to 1,161 in 2010. The proportion of the surname per 100,000 people also decreased from 0.43 to 0.39 during this same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,156	#22,216	-5.01%
Count	1,156	1,161	0.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.43	0.39	-9.3%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Di Dio

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Di Dio surname identify as White, with a slight increase from 94.20% in 2000 to 94.66% in 2010. Ethnic identities of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native were introduced to the Di Dio surname holders between 2000 and 2010. On the other hand, there were notable changes in the percentages of other ethnic identities. The percentage of people identifying as Black decreased substantially from 1.12% to 0.60%, while people of Hispanic origin saw a small dip from 2.85% to 2.67%. The Di Dio surname holders identifying with two or more races also decreased slightly from 1.21% to 1.12%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.2%	94.66%	0.49%
Hispanic	2.85%	2.67%	-6.32%
Two or More Races	1.21%	1.12%	-7.44%
Black	1.12%	0.6%	-46.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.52%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.43%	0%