Explore the Family Name Guagliardo

The meaning of Guagliardo

Italian: variant of Gagliardo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Carlo, Carmela, Dante, Fedele, Ignazio, Leonardo, Sal.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Guagliardo has slightly declined in rank from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 35,187 and by 2010, it dropped to a rank of 35,764, indicating a change of -1.64 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Guagliardo last name has risen from 606 to 628 during the same time period, an increase of 3.63 percent. The proportion per hundred thousand people saw a slight decrease of -4.55 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,187	#35,764	-1.64%
Count	606	628	3.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.21	-4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guagliardo

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of those with the surname Guagliardo identified as White, with 93.23 percent in 2000 and 91.88 percent in 2010, showing a slight decrease of -1.45 percent over the decade. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased notably from 4.46 percent in 2000 to 6.05 percent in 2010, marking a growth of 35.65 percent. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races, which both had a representation of 0.83 percent in 2000, were suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. There were no individuals with the Guagliardo surname who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.23%	91.88%	-1.45%
Hispanic	4.46%	6.05%	35.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.83%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%