Explore the Family Name Spadoni

The meaning of Spadoni

Italian: patronymic or plural form of an augmentative of Spada or of a nickname from the vocabulary word spadone ‘large sword’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Gildo, Dante, Stefano, Aldo, Dario, Dino, Gino, Leonardo, Marco, Nicolo, Reno, Umberto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Spadoni experienced a slight dip in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Spadoni ranked as the 33,735th most common name while it fell slightly to 33,856th in 2010. Despite its small drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Spadoni surname increased by 5.49% (from 637 in 2000 to 672 in 2010). However, when compared to the total population, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 4.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,735	#33,856	-0.36%
Count	637	672	5.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Spadoni

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of Spadonis identify as White, though this percentage decreased slightly from 91.21% in 2000 to 89.43% in 2010. The percentage of Spadonis identifying as Black or Hispanic saw small increases in the same time period, with Black Spadonis increasing by 11.59% and Hispanic Spadonis by 14.04%. Notably, the percentage of Spadonis identifying with two or more races increased by 36.88%, despite still being a small fraction of the overall Spadoni population. There was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.21%	89.43%	-1.95%
Black	4.4%	4.91%	11.59%
Hispanic	2.35%	2.68%	14.04%
Two or More Races	1.41%	1.93%	36.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%