Explore the Family Name Sabato

The meaning of Sabato

Italian (southern): from Sabato, a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen, from Italian sabbato ‘Saturday’ (from Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat ‘Sabbath’, a derivative of shabat ‘rest’). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Sal, Antonio, Carmelo, Claudio, Ernesto, Osvaldo, Ulises, Vito.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sabato experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Sabato surname ranked 30,516 in popularity with a count of 722, representing a proportion of 0.27 per 100k population. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 32,365 and the count to 711, signifying a fall in proportion to 0.24 per 100k population. This represents an overall change of -6.06 in rank and -1.52 in count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,516	#32,365	-6.06%
Count	722	711	-1.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.24	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sabato

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals with the Sabato surname identifying as White decreased from 95.71% to 93.95%. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase from 2.22% in 2000 to 4.22% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races remained relatively stable at just under 1%. Notably, there were no individuals with the surname Sabato who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.71%	93.95%	-1.84%
Hispanic	2.22%	4.22%	90.09%
Two or More Races	0.97%	0.98%	1.03%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.69%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%