Explore the Family Name Di Rocco

The meaning of Di Rocco

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Rocco. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Mario, Orazio, Rocco, Alessandro, Alfonso, Amedeo, Angelo, Arcangelo, Cesare, Demetrio, Domenic, Domenico, Donato.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Di Rocco saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 21,406 in terms of prevalence and dropped to rank 22,856 by 2010, marking a 6.77% decline. The number of individuals with this surname also decreased slightly from 1,139 in 2000 to 1,120 in 2010, a minor drop of 1.67%. Accordingly, the proportion of people with this name per 100,000 also fell by 9.52%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,406	#22,856	-6.77%
Count	1,139	1,120	-1.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.38	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Di Rocco

The ethnic identity associated with the Di Rocco surname has seen some changes over the decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both years (94.47% in 2000 to 93.48% in 2010), there was a noticeable increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders increased by 75.41%, albeit still representing a small fraction of the total, and the Hispanic representation rose by 27.07%. Conversely, the percentage of people identifying as two or more races decreased by 29.82%. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.47%	93.48%	-1.05%
Hispanic	3.51%	4.46%	27.07%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.61%	1.07%	75.41%
Two or More Races	1.14%	0.8%	-29.82%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%