Explore the Family Name Garafola

The meaning of Garafola

Italian: variant of Garofalo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Domenic, Sal.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Garafola surname has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 37,319 in terms of its prevalence across the United States, however, by 2010 it had dipped to 39,419, marking a 5.63% change. Similarly, the count of individuals bearing the Garafola name also dropped marginally from 562 to 558, a 0.71% change. Additionally, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 residents fell by 9.52% over the decade, from 0.21 to 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,319	#39,419	-5.63%
Count	562	558	-0.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Garafola

The ethnic identity associated with the Garafola surname, as per the Decennial U.S. Census, has also seen some changes from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, although the percentage has slightly decreased from 96.80% to 95.52%. Meanwhile, those who identified with two or more races saw a minimal increase, from 1.78% to 1.79%. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of Garafolas who identify as Hispanic in 2010, accounting for 2.15%, while no such record existed in 2000. There were no Garafolas who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year. The percentage identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native was 0.89% in 2000 but was not recorded in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.8%	95.52%	-1.32%
Hispanic	0%	2.15%	0%
Two or More Races	1.78%	1.79%	0.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.89%	0%	0%