Explore the Family Name Farinacci

The meaning of Farinacci

Italian: patronymic or plural form of a derivative of Farina. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Domenic, Angelo, Salvatore, Dino, Gino, Reno, Rosaria.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Farinacci saw a small dip in its popularity rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 38,942 to 39,486, a change of -1.4. Despite this slight decrease in rank, the count of individuals with the Farinacci surname actually increased by 4.5% during this period, from 533 in 2000 to 557 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a minor decrease of 5%, shifting from 0.20 in 2000 to 0.19 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,942	#39,486	-1.4%
Count	533	557	4.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Farinacci

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S Census data shows that the majority of those bearing the Farinacci surname identify as White, accounting for 91.18% in 2000 and slightly rising to 91.38% in 2010. There was also a small number who identified as Hispanic, making up 6.75% in 2000 but decreasing to 6.28% in 2010. Interestingly, the data reflects a new group emerging in 2010 that identified as Black, at 1.08%, whereas in 2000, no individuals with the Farinacci surname identified as such. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native both remained at 0 across the two census years. The group identifying with two or more races also dropped to 0 in 2010, after initially standing at 1.50% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.18%	91.38%	0.22%
Hispanic	6.75%	6.28%	-6.96%
Black	0%	1.08%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.5%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%