Explore the Family Name Malizia

The meaning of Malizia

Italian: nickname from malizia ‘malice, spite; mischievousness’ (from Latin malitia). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Natale, Carmela, Carmine, Domenic, Gaetano, Luigi, Rinaldo, Rino, Romolo, Santi, Valentino.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Malizia saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 23,594th in popularity with 1,002 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, it had dropped to the 25,152nd position and the count of individuals sharing this surname had declined to 986. That's a change of -6.6% in rank and -1.6% in count. The proportion of people named Malizia per 100,000 also decreased by -10.81%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,594	#25,152	-6.6%
Count	1,002	986	-1.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.33	-10.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Malizia

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with this surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the vast majority of people with the surname Malizia identify as White, though there has been a slight decrease from 95.91% in 2000 to 94.62% in 2010. Meanwhile, the Hispanic population with this surname increased significantly by 42%, rising from 2.50% in 2000 to 3.55% in 2010. There was also a small increase in the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native people with this surname, while those identifying as Black or Asian/Pacific Islander remained relatively static. Data for those identifying with two or more races was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.91%	94.62%	-1.35%
Hispanic	2.5%	3.55%	42%
Black	0%	0.51%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.5%	0.51%	2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.7%	0%	0%