Explore the Family Name Paccione

The meaning of Paccione

Italian: 1. augmentative of a central-southern nickname from paccio ‘madman’. 2. augmentative of a Tuscan short form of a personal name ending with the suffix -paccio, such as Filippaccio (a pet form of Filippo), or Jacopaccio (a pet form of Jacopo, an equivalent of Jacob). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Rocco, Angelo, Donato, Sal.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Paccione has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name dropped by approximately 5.65 percent, moving from 29,543 to 31,211. Likewise, the count or number of individuals with this last name decreased by about 1.33 percent during the same period, totaling 743 in 2010, down from 753 in 2000. As a result, the proportion per 100,000 people also saw a decrease of 10.71 percent, falling to 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,543	#31,211	-5.65%
Count	753	743	-1.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.25	-10.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Paccione

The ethnicity associated with the Paccione surname, as reported in the Decennial U.S. Census, predominantly identifies as white, although there was a slight decrease of 3.57 percent in this group between 2000 and 2010. During the same period, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased significantly, by 61.30 percent, rising from 5.84 percent to 9.42 percent. There were no changes for those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with these groups maintaining a zero percent representation in both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.09%	89.77%	-3.57%
Hispanic	5.84%	9.42%	61.3%
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%