Explore the Family Name Senerchia

The meaning of Senerchia

Italian: habitational name from Senerchia in Avellino province. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Concetta, Generoso, Nicola, Tobia, Ulisse.

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

The popularity of the surname Senerchia, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a slight drop over the course of a decade. In 2000, it was ranked at 58,999, but this dropped to 63,373 in 2010. This represents a change of -7.41%. Similarly, the number of people carrying this last name also declined slightly from 321 in 2000 to 315 in 2010, marking a -1.87% change. Furthermore, the proportion of individuals with the surname Senerchia per 100k decreased by -8.33%, moving from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,999	#63,373	-7.41%
Count	321	315	-1.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Senerchia

On the matter of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the Senerchia surname identify as White. This percentage, however, saw a minor decrease of -2.00% from 97.51% in 2000 to 95.56% in 2010. Notably, there were no recorded instances of persons with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or as being of two or more races. However, in 2010, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic (2.22%) and Black (1.90%), where previously in 2000, there were no recorded instances. The census data reported no change in the number of Senerchias identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.51%	95.56%	-2%
Hispanic	0%	2.22%	0%
Black	0%	1.9%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%