Explore the Family Name Dircio

The meaning of Dircio

Hispanic (Mexico): habitational name from a place called Ircio in Burgos province, Spain, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from, of’.

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How common is the last name Dircio in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Dircio has seen considerable growth between the year 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname jumped from 93,427 to 45,105, indicating a significant rise in its popularity by 51.72%. The count of people carrying the Dircio surname more than doubled from 182 in 2000 to 475 in 2010, reflecting an increase of nearly 161%. Furthermore, the proportion of individuals with the Dircio surname per 100,000 people also saw a substantial climb from 0.07 to 0.16, marking a growth of about 128.57%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#93,427	#45,105	51.72%
Count	182	475	160.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.07	0.16	128.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dircio

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of those with the Dircio surname identify as Hispanic. In the year 2000, this group constituted 96.7% of all Dircios, and by 2010, the percentage increased slightly to 98.95%. Interestingly, there was a small presence of individuals identifying as White in 2010, which was nonexistent in 2000. However, the number of individuals identifying with two or more races fell drastically from 2.75% in 2000 to no reported cases in 2010. There were no recorded instances of Dircios identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	96.7%	98.95%	2.33%
White	0%	1.05%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.75%	0%	-100%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%