Explore the Family Name Izzi

The meaning of Izzi

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Izzo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Domenic, Angelo, Giulio, Pasquale, Aldo, Carmine, Gasper, Giacomo, Gino, Giuseppe, Lorenzo.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Izzi saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 24,200 in popularity and had been used by about 971 individuals, representing approximately 0.36 out of every 100,000 people in the U.S. By 2010, however, these numbers had dropped slightly with the surname ranking at 25,725 and its usage count down to 958, making up just 0.32 out of every 100,000 people. This represents changes of -6.3% in rank and -1.34% in count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,200	#25,725	-6.3%
Count	971	958	-1.34%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.32	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Izzi

When discussing ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there were some notable shifts among those carrying the Izzi surname from 2000 to 2010. The proportion of those identifying as White decreased from 97.32% to 95.62%, and those identifying as Black also saw a drop from 0.72% to 0.52%. However, there were significant increases in other ethnic identity groups. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander more than doubled, going from 0.62% to 1.36%. Similarly, those identifying as Hispanic saw a substantial increase from 0.82% to 2.09%. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained unchanged, with the latter group's data being suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.32%	95.62%	-1.75%
Hispanic	0.82%	2.09%	154.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.62%	1.36%	119.35%
Black	0.72%	0.52%	-27.78%
Two or More Races	0.51%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%