Explore the Family Name Guarisco

The meaning of Guarisco

Italian: possibly from the ancient Germanic personal name Waro, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. It is formed with the suffix -isco, from ancient Germanic -isk, denoting belonging or possession. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Sal, Antonino, Cesare, Enza, Neno, Ottavio.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Guarisco ranked 36,761 in popularity in 2000 and fell to a rank of 38,332 in 2010, showing a decrease of 4.27%. In terms of absolute counts, there were 573 individuals with this surname in 2000, which slightly increased to 578 in 2010, reflecting an increase of 0.87%. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 4.76% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,761	#38,332	-4.27%
Count	573	578	0.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.2	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guarisco

In relation to ethnicity, the data gleaned from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that most individuals with the Guarisco surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though there was a slight decrease from 94.42% to 93.25%. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic increased from 5.06% to 5.54%, marking an increase of 9.49%. Meanwhile, those identifying as either Asian/Pacific Islander or Black remained at 0% for both years. Likewise, no individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native. Interestingly, the data also shows a new addition in 2010 of individuals who identify with two or more races, but the exact percentage was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.42%	93.25%	-1.24%
Hispanic	5.06%	5.54%	9.49%
Two or More Races	0%	0.87%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%