Explore the Family Name Favale

The meaning of Favale

Italian: topographic name for someone who lived by a bean field, from Latin fabalis ‘bean field’, or a habitational name from any of the places so called. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Mario, Aldo, Alfonso, Alicia, Americo, Cosmo, Dino, Egidio, Fabrizio, Gabriele, Gaetano, Raffaele, Rocco.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Favale experienced a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Favale was the 48,380th most common surname while it dropped to the 49,914th position in 2010, reflecting a drop of 3.17%. Despite this, the actual count of people with the Favale surname increased slightly by 2.44% from 410 in 2000 to 420 in 2010. The proportion of people with the Favale surname per 100,000 population decreased by 6.67%, standing at 0.14 in 2010 compared to 0.15 in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,380	#49,914	-3.17%
Count	410	420	2.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Favale

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of people with the Favale surname identify as White, though there has been a slight shift in ethnic identity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 93.41% identified as White, decreasing to 91.43% in 2010, a change of -2.12%. The Hispanic identity saw an increase of 30.27%, moving from 5.12% in 2000 to 6.67% in 2010. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.41%	91.43%	-2.12%
Hispanic	5.12%	6.67%	30.27%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%