Explore the Family Name Galluzzo

The meaning of Galluzzo

Italian: from a variant of Galluccio. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Carmelo, Sal, Carlo, Marino, Natale, Rocco, Antonio, Carmela, Cosimo, Ermanno.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Galluzzo saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 24,368th most popular surname, but this rank fell to 25,003 by 2010, indicating a decline of 2.61%. However, the number of individuals with the Galluzzo surname increased modestly during this period from 963 to 994, a growth of 3.22%. The representation of this surname per 100,000 people also dropped a bit from 0.36 to 0.34, a change of -5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,368	#25,003	-2.61%
Count	963	994	3.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.34	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Galluzzo

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the Galluzzo surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, we observe some shifts from 2000 to 2010. Individuals identifying as White made up the majority of those with the surname, at 95.74% in 2000 and slightly less at 95.17% in 2010. Hispanic representation increased significantly during the decade, going from 2.28% to 3.82%, a rise of 67.54%. The data also shows that individuals identifying as either Black or Asian/Pacific Islander were represented among those with the Galluzzo surname in 2010, which was not the case in 2000. Still, the numbers for these ethnic identities remained quite low, with Black at 0.50% and the figure for Asian/Pacific Islander being suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.74%	95.17%	-0.6%
Hispanic	2.28%	3.82%	67.54%
Black	0%	0.5%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.73%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.04%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%