Explore the Family Name Lisi

The meaning of Lisi

Italian: patronymic or plural form of a shortened form of the personal name Aloisio. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Antonio, Enrico, Gaetano, Giuseppe, Pierino, Salvatore, Angelo, Elio, Marco, Biagio, Camillo, Carlo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Lisi saw a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 14,724th to 15,355th, a change of -4.29%. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the surname Lisi increased by 3.24% over the same period, rising from 1,850 to 1,910. However, when taking into account the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people, there was a decrease of 5.8%, shifting from 0.69 to 0.65.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,724	#15,355	-4.29%
Count	1,850	1,910	3.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.65	-5.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lisi

Regarding its ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Lisi surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a small increase of 0.28% over the decade, reaching 96.49% in 2010. Notably, there was also an emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander representation at 0.52% in 2010. The representation of two or more races increased by 38.16% to 1.05%. On the other hand, those identifying as Black decreased significantly by 55.93% to represent 0.26% of all Lisies in 2010. Both Hispanic and American Indian/Alaskan Native representations remained relatively stable over the decade, with the former maintaining a consistent 1.68% and the latter remaining at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.22%	96.49%	0.28%
Hispanic	1.68%	1.68%	0%
Two or More Races	0.76%	1.05%	38.16%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.52%	0%
Black	0.59%	0.26%	-55.93%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%