Explore the Family Name La Vecchia

The meaning of La Vecchia

Italian (southern; also Lavecchia): nickname from la vecchia ‘the old’, applied to a person of either gender, either as a nickname for a man who fussed like an old woman or for someone from an old family. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Gioacchino, Sal, Salvatore, Vittorio, Attilio, Carmela, Domenico, Francesca, Gaetano, Orest, Pasquale.

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How common is the last name La Vecchia in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname 'La Vecchia' saw a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the surname dropped by about 4%, moving from 34,210 in 2000 to 35,582 in 2010. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with this surname increased marginally by 0.8%, rising from 627 in 2000 to 632 in 2010. However, when viewed in terms of proportion per 100k individuals, the occurrence of the surname also decreased by 8.7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,210	#35,582	-4.01%
Count	627	632	0.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.21	-8.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name La Vecchia

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that individuals with the surname 'La Vecchia' are predominantly of White ethnicity, although there was a small decrease of about 3% in this group between 2000 and 2010. During the same period, there was a significant increase of approximately 78% in the Hispanic group, while the Asian/Pacific Islander group saw its first appearance in 2010. The groups identifying as Two or more races had a marginal decrease and those identifying as Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native remained at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.22%	92.56%	-2.79%
Hispanic	3.03%	5.38%	77.56%
Two or More Races	1.12%	1.11%	-0.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.95%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%