Explore the Family Name Perilli

The meaning of Perilli

Italian: 1. patronymic or plural form of Perillo, a pet form of the personal name Pero. 2. in some cases, from Calabrian pirillu denoting a small variety of pear, applied perhaps as a nickname or a topographic name. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Silvio, Alessandro, Alfonse, Benedetta, Camillo, Corrado, Gaetano, Vito.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Perilli has seen a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Perilli was ranked 52,077 in popularity, dropping to 58,876 in 2010 - a change of -13.06%. The count of individuals bearing the surname also decreased from 375 in 2000 to 344 in 2010, a decrease of 8.27%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Perilli per 100,000 people also fell by 14.29% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,077	#58,876	-13.06%
Count	375	344	-8.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.12	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Perilli

The ethnic identity associated with the Perilli surname shows some modifications in the same period based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals identifying as White and bearing the Perilli surname dropped slightly from 97.60% in 2000 to 94.77% in 2010, a change of -2.90%. However, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic increased from 2.13% in 2000 to 3.20% in 2010, an increase of 50.23%. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, and those claiming two or more races remained unchanged or were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.6%	94.77%	-2.9%
Hispanic	2.13%	3.2%	50.23%
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%