Explore the Family Name Lupica

The meaning of Lupica

Italian: nickname from lupica, a dialect form of upupa ‘hoopoe’, with fused definite article l’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Biagio, Domenico, Gaetano, Saverio.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lupica saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lupica ranked 35,288th in popularity among all surnames in the United States. However, by 2010, it had slipped to 37,391st place, signifying a 5.96% decline. The actual count of people with the Lupica surname also fell slightly during this period, from 604 to 596, a decrease of 1.32%. Furthermore, the proportion of people named Lupica per 100,000 individuals decreased by 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,288	#37,391	-5.96%
Count	604	596	-1.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lupica

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts among those with the surname Lupica between 2000 and 2010. The vast majority identified as White, although this percentage dropped slightly from 98.18% in 2000 to 95.30% in 2010. During the same period, there was a notable increase in the number of people identifying as Hispanic, reaching 2.68% in 2010 up from 0% in 2000. Additionally, a small percentage (1.17%) identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, a category that was non-existent for this surname in 2000. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, while the category of two or more races appeared in 2000 (1.16%) but was absent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.18%	95.3%	-2.93%
Hispanic	0%	2.68%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.17%	0%
Two or More Races	1.16%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%