Explore the Family Name Garzone
The meaning of Garzone
Italian: 1. occupational name for a young servant, from garzone ‘boy, lad, servant’, possibly a loanword from French garçon. 2. alternatively, perhaps from a derivative of garzo ‘head of a species of thistle used for teasing cloth’, presumably applied as a topographic name or metonymic occupational name, or garza ‘heron’, or Calabrian and Sicilian garzu ‘sweetheart, lover’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Luigi, Palma, Tullio, Vincenzo.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Garzone in the United States?
Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Garzone saw an increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname moved from 54,269 in 2000 to 53,204 in 2010, representing a change of nearly 2%. The count or number of people with the Garzone surname also went up by approximately 9% over the decade, growing from 356 in 2000 to 389 in 2010. However, the proportion of the surname per 100k people remained steady at 0.13.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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Rank | #54,269 | #53,204 | 1.96% |
Count | 356 | 389 | 9.27% |
Proportion per 100k | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Garzone
In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts for individuals with the Garzone surname from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, most Garzones (96.35%) identified as White, but this percentage dropped by about 7% to 89.72% in 2010. There was a notable increase in the number of Garzones identifying as Hispanic, which rose from 1.40% in 2000 to 6.68% in 2010. Although there were no Garzones who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, down from 1.40% in 2000, there was a new occurrence of Garzones identifying with two or more races in 2010. No recorded instances of Garzones identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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White | 96.35% | 89.72% | -6.88% |
Hispanic | 1.4% | 6.68% | 377.14% |
Two or More Races | 0% | 2.06% | 0% |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.4% | 0% | 0% |
Black | 0% | 0% | 0% |
American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0% | 0% | 0% |