Explore the Family Name Norelli

The meaning of Norelli

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Norello, a pet form of Nora, or more likely of the personel name Onorio (‘honor’), with loss of the first syllable. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Aracely, Gianfranco, Fiore, Guido, Lucio, Mario, Tino.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Norelli has seen a marginal change between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname in terms of popularity dropped slightly from 75,938 in 2000 to 78,316 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 3.13%. In contrast, the number of people carrying the Norelli name increased by 3.39%, from 236 individuals in 2000 to 244 in 2010. However, this increase did not translate into a higher proportion per 100k, which actually decreased by 11.11% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#75,938	#78,316	-3.13%
Count	236	244	3.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Norelli

As for its ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Norelli surname identify as White, though there has been a slight decrease of 1.96% in this group from 93.22% in 2000 to 91.39% in 2010. The next largest ethnicity associated with the Norelli surname is Hispanic, which saw a significant increase of 64.39% between 2000 and 2010, rising from 4.24% to 6.97%. Meanwhile, those identifying as two or more races were reduced to zero in 2010, from a small percentage of 2.54% in 2000. There were no recorded instances of Norellis identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.22%	91.39%	-1.96%
Hispanic	4.24%	6.97%	64.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.54%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%