Explore the Family Name Genovesi

The meaning of Genovesi

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Genovese. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Mario, Angelo, Dario, Santo, Alfonse, Amleto, Biagio, Carlo, Enrico, Geno, Gino, Giuseppe, Luciano, Sergio.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Genovesi decreased between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of this surname fell from 53,556th popular in 2000 to 59,603rd in 2010, marking an 11.29 percent decrease. Concurrently, the total count of people carrying the Genovesi surname dropped by 6.35 percent, from 362 in 2000 to 339 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of individuals named Genovesi per 100,000 also declined by 15.38 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,556	#59,603	-11.29%
Count	362	339	-6.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Genovesi

As for the ethnicity associated with the Genovesi surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some changes between 2000 and 2010. In both years, there were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity. Interestingly, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 92.27 percent to 88.50 percent. There was a notable increase in individuals identifying as Hispanic, with the percentage rising from 2.21 to 5.60, which represents an impressive change of 153.39 percent. Moreover, there was a new appearance of individuals identifying as Black at 2.06 percent in 2010. Lastly, those identifying as two or more races saw a slight decline from 3.59 percent to 2.95 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.27%	88.5%	-4.09%
Hispanic	2.21%	5.6%	153.39%
Two or More Races	3.59%	2.95%	-17.83%
Black	0%	2.06%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%