Explore the Family Name Tabacco

The meaning of Tabacco

Italian: from a medieval personal name Tabacco from old Italian tabacco ‘lover’ (in some dialects as Romagnolo tabàc ‘boy’); in some cases it is possible a nickname from tabacco ‘tobacco’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Tabacco slightly declined between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 64385 in 2000 to 67747 in 2010, a decrease of 5.22%. However, the count of individuals with this surname increased marginally by 0.69%, from 289 in 2000 to 291 in 2010. This implies that while the surname became less popular relative to other surnames, the actual number of people with the surname Tabacco did increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,385	#67,747	-5.22%
Count	289	291	0.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tabacco

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts within the Tabacco surname bearers over the decade. The proportion of people identifying as White remained steady at just over 91%, increasing slightly by 0.45% from 2000 to 2010. The most significant change was observed among those identifying as Hispanic, which increased by 155.79%, from 2.42% in 2000 to 6.19% in 2010. There were no individuals with the Tabacco surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year. Interestingly, the proportion of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native decreased by 50.29%, while there was a complete absence of those identifying with two or more races in 2010, compared to 3.11% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91%	91.41%	0.45%
Hispanic	2.42%	6.19%	155.79%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.46%	1.72%	-50.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.11%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%