Explore the Family Name Di Grazia

The meaning of Di Grazia

Italian: metronymic from the female personal name Grazia, a name with religious associations, from Latin Gratia, meaning ‘grace’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Ugo, Annamarie, Carmine, Domenic, Domenico, Gianpaolo, Gino, Mauro, Salvatore.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Di Grazia ranked 32,094th in popularity in the year 2000 and moved to a position of 33,530 by 2010. This represents a decline of 4.47% in popularity over this decade. The number of people with this surname, however, saw a slight increase, going from 678 in 2000 to 680 in 2010, marking a growth of 0.29%. The Di Grazia name's proportion per 100,000 people also dropped by 8.0%, moving from 0.25 in 2000 to 0.23 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,094	#33,530	-4.47%
Count	678	680	0.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Di Grazia

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the Di Grazia surname identified as White, at 94.40% in 2000 and 91.62% in 2010, indicating a minor decrease of 2.94% over the ten-year period. Whereas, the Hispanic ethnic identity saw a significant increase amongst those bearing the surname, rising from 3.39% in 2000 to 6.47% in 2010, a substantial rise of 90.86%. There was no change in the number of people identifying as having two or more races - it remained consistent at 1.03% in both 2000 and 2010. There were no individuals with the Di Grazia surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian, or Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.4%	91.62%	-2.94%
Hispanic	3.39%	6.47%	90.86%
Two or More Races	1.03%	1.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%