Explore the Family Name Perrotti

The meaning of Perrotti

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Perrotto. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carmine, Salvatore, Antimo, Caesar, Carlo, Domenic, Gaetano, Gennaro, Nunzio, Pasco, Pasquale.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Perrotti has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name ranked at 22,336, but by 2010, it had fallen to a rank of 28,525, showing a decline of 27.71%. The number of individuals with this surname also decreased from 1,076 in 2000 to 836 in 2010, a drop of 22.3%. The proportion per 100,000 people also experienced a downward shift from 0.4 to 0.28, a slip of 30%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,336	#28,525	-27.71%
Count	1,076	836	-22.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.28	-30%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Perrotti

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Perrotti surname identified as White, though this percentage decreased slightly from 97.12% in 2000 to 95.45% in 2010. The percentage of individuals who identified as Hispanic increased significantly from 1.39% in 2000 to 3.47% in 2010, an impressive growth of 149.64%. The surname did not appear among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. There was a small emergence of Black individuals carrying the Perrotti surname in 2010, accounting for 0.60% of the total, where there were none reported in 2000. The percentage of individuals identifying with two or more ethnicities dropped from 1.12% in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.12%	95.45%	-1.72%
Hispanic	1.39%	3.47%	149.64%
Black	0%	0.6%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.12%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%