Explore the Family Name Medaglia

The meaning of Medaglia

Italian (southern): possibly a hypercorrected spelling of Meraglia, a variant of Miraglia, but possibly ametonymic occupational name for a medal maker, from Italian medaglia ‘medal’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Emelio, Mario, Salvatore.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Medaglia has seen a slight decline between 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Medaglia ranked 47,654th in the United States and fell to 51,281st in 2010, marking a 7.61 percent decrease in popularity rank. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 418 in 2000 to 406 in 2010, showing a 2.87 percent reduction in usage. Furthermore, the proportion of individuals with the surname Medaglia per 100,000 people decreased by 6.67 percent from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#47,654	#51,281	-7.61%
Count	418	406	-2.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Medaglia

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Medaglia surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there was a near-total association with the White ethnicity, with a slight decrease from 94.02 percent in 2000 to 93.10 percent in 2010. Simultaneously, the percentage of people with the Medaglia surname identifying as Hispanic declined slightly from 5.74 percent in 2000 to 5.42 percent in 2010. There were no recorded instances of this surname being associated with Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.02%	93.1%	-0.98%
Hispanic	5.74%	5.42%	-5.57%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%