Explore the Family Name Fratto

The meaning of Fratto

Italian (southern): variant of Fratta, a habitational name from a place called with Sicilian fratta ‘thicket, scrub, undergrowth’, or a topographic name from this word. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Carmine, Caterina, Dante, Domenico, Luigi, Ugo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Fratto saw a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 25,969th most popular surname, while by 2010, it had slipped to the 26,910th spot, a decrease of 3.62%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname Fratto slightly increased from 888 in 2000 to 902 in 2010, a rise of 1.58%. However, its proportion per 100k people saw a decrease of 6.06%, going from 0.33 to 0.31.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,969	#26,910	-3.62%
Count	888	902	1.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.31	-6.06%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fratto

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Fratto also underwent some changes in the same period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, though this percentage decreased from 96.62% in 2000 to 94.46% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic, however, saw a significant increase – from 1.69% in 2000 to 4.10% in 2010, a change of 142.60%. There was a small percentage that identified with two or more races, which dropped slightly from 1.13% to 1.00%. No individuals with the surname Fratto identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.62%	94.46%	-2.24%
Hispanic	1.69%	4.1%	142.6%
Two or More Races	1.13%	1%	-11.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%