Explore the Family Name Mondelli

The meaning of Mondelli

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Mondello. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Carlo, Luigi, Franco, Leonardo, Lorenzo, Pasquale, Rocco, Trifone.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Mondelli has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Mondelli ranked 42,757 in popularity amongst all surnames, with 477 individuals bearing this name. A decade later in 2010, the rank improved to 42,094, indicating increased prevalence, with the count of individuals sharing the surname rising by 8.18% to 516. However, when measured as a proportion per 100,000 people, there was a marginal decline of 5.56%, dropping from 0.18 to 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,757	#42,094	1.55%
Count	477	516	8.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mondelli

Analyzing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Mondelli, once again using the Decennial U.S. Census data, we find that the majority of bearers of the surname identify as White, although there was a 1.88% decrease in this group from 95.39% in 2000 to 93.60% in 2010. There was also a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic, climbing from 2.52% in 2000 to 4.07% in 2010, a boost of 61.51%. The proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races saw a decrease of 42.26%, down to 0.97% from 1.68%. No change was observed for the categories Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, possibly due to suppressed data (S) or no recorded individuals within these groups.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.39%	93.6%	-1.88%
Hispanic	2.52%	4.07%	61.51%
Two or More Races	1.68%	0.97%	-42.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%