Explore the Family Name Femia

The meaning of Femia

Italian: from the southern Italian female personal name Femìa, from Greek Phēmia, a short form of Euphēmia, a Greek Christian name composed of the elements eu ‘well, good’ + phēmē ‘speech’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Luigi, Nicola, Angelo, Antonio, Attilio, Cosmo, Fiore, Natale, Raffaele, Salvatore.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Femia has moderately risen in popularity over the years. In 2000, it held a rank of 35,342, which slightly improved to 35,147 by 2010, reflecting a modest increase of 0.55%. The number of people bearing this surname also grew from 603 in 2000 to 641 in 2010, marking a rise of 6.3%. Interestingly, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 remained constant at 0.22 between 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,342	#35,147	0.55%
Count	603	641	6.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.22	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Femia

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows interesting shifts over the decade. A small fragment of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander emerged by 2010, where there were none recorded in 2000. Those claiming two or more ethnicities increased substantially from 0.83% to 2.34%, signaling a change of 181.93%. Meanwhile, those identifying as White remained the majority but decreased slightly from 97.18% to 95.01%. The percentage of Hispanic persons within the Femia surname population grew from 1.16% to 1.56%, marking a 34.48% increase. The proportions of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native persons remained stable and negligible across both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.18%	95.01%	-2.23%
Two or More Races	0.83%	2.34%	181.93%
Hispanic	1.16%	1.56%	34.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.94%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%