Explore the Family Name Marocco

The meaning of Marocco

Italian: 1. variant of Marrocco. 2. perhaps also from Marocco ‘Morocco’, an ethnic name for someone from Morocco or a nickname for someone who had dealings with that country. Compare Morocco. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Eligio, Emilio, Luigi, Orlando, Pio, Sal, Vania.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Marocco has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 65,133rd most popular surname, whereas by 2010, it had climbed to the 61,297th spot, indicating an upward change of 5.89%. The count of people with this surname also rose by 15.09% over the same period. Despite these changes, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.11.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,133	#61,297	5.89%
Count	285	328	15.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Marocco

When considering ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some interesting trends for the surname Marocco. While the majority of those with the surname identified as white in both 2000 and 2010 (96.14% and 94.21% respectively), there was a slight decrease of 2.01% over this decade. There was a notable increase in the number of individuals identifying as Hispanic, with a 74.29% rise over the ten years. Interestingly, in 2010, some individuals began identifying as belonging to two or more races, which hadn't been the case in 2000. However, there were no recorded instances of persons with the Marocco surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.14%	94.21%	-2.01%
Hispanic	1.75%	3.05%	74.29%
Two or More Races	0%	1.52%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%