Explore the Family Name Fazzolari

The meaning of Fazzolari

Italian: from Old Italian fazzulo ‘kerchief’, from Late Latin faciolum, probably a nickname for someone who habitually wore a kerchief, or an occupational name for someone who made kerchiefs. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Rocco, Carina, Carlo, Carmela, Carmine, Domenico, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Pasquale, Sandro, Saverio.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Fazzolari has shown a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010, moving up in ranking from 52,608 to 52,383. This represents a change of about 0.43 percent. The count of people with this surname also rose by about 7.03 percent, growing from 370 individuals in 2000 to 396 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 of the population decreased slightly by 7.14 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,608	#52,383	0.43%
Count	370	396	7.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fazzolari

The ethnicity associated with the surname Fazzolari, as per the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, shows that majority of the bearers of this surname are of White ethnicity, though there was a slight decrease from 97.84 percent in 2000 to 95.71 percent in 2010. There was also an increase in the percentage of those identified as Hispanic, climbing from 1.62 percent in 2000 to 2.78 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there was a notable introduction of Asian/Pacific Islander to the ethnicity pool, with 1.26 percent recorded in 2010, compared to none prior. The categories of Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, and Two or more races showed no changes during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.84%	95.71%	-2.18%
Hispanic	1.62%	2.78%	71.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.26%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%