Explore the Family Name Sessa

The meaning of Sessa

Italian (southern): habitational name from Sessa Aurunca in the province of Caserta, or from Sessa Cilento in Salerno. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Angelo, Antonio, Sal, Vito, Alberico, Giro, Pasquale, Salvatore, Alfonse, Carlo, Ezio.

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

The surname Sessa has seen fluctuations in its popularity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, Sessa was ranked 15,413 in terms of commonality and by 2010, this had slipped slightly to 16,179, indicating a decrease in popularity by about 4.97%. However, the actual count of people with the Sessa surname increased modestly from 1,746 in 2000 to 1,786 in 2010, a growth of 2.29%. Over the same period, Sessa's proportion per 100,000 people dipped by 6.15%, going from 0.65 to 0.61.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,413	#16,179	-4.97%
Count	1,746	1,786	2.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.61	-6.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sessa

When it comes to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the Sessa surname identify as White, though the percentage decreased slightly from 95.13% in 2000 to 93.28% in 2010. The data showed a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic, with a rise from 2.46% in 2000 to 4.98% in 2010, a change of 102.44%. Those claiming two or more races fell by 7.77%. The census unfortunately had to suppress the data for Black and Asian/Pacific Islander ethnic identities for privacy reasons, and there were no recorded instances of American Indian and Alaskan Native identifiers among the Sessa population for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.13%	93.28%	-1.94%
Hispanic	2.46%	4.98%	102.44%
Two or More Races	1.03%	0.95%	-7.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.34%	0%
Black	1.03%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%