Explore the Family Name Tancredi

The meaning of Tancredi

Italian: from the personal name Tancredi, composed of the ancient Germanic elements thank ‘thought’ + rēd ‘counsel, advice’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Rocco, Salvatore, Silvio, Aniello, Carmino, Gaetano, Giovanni, Guido, Italo, Luigi, Pasquale.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Tancredi has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 21,605, and by 2010 the rank had dropped slightly to 22,421, indicating a decrease of 3.78%. However, the actual count of people with the Tancredi surname increased slightly over this decade, from 1,125 in 2000 to 1,148 in 2010, which is a growth of 2.04%. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased from 0.42 to 0.39 over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,605	#22,421	-3.78%
Count	1,125	1,148	2.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.39	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tancredi

In regards to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data tells us that there have been some shifts within the Tancredi population from 2000 to 2010. People of White ethnicity make up the majority of individuals with this surname at 94.43% in 2010, down slightly from 96.27% in 2000. The proportion of those identifying as Hispanic rose from 2.49% to 3.92% over the decade, indicating a significant increase of 57.43%. There were also modest changes for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, and Two or more races, but no data was reported for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.27%	94.43%	-1.91%
Hispanic	2.49%	3.92%	57.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.7%	0%
Two or More Races	0.89%	0.7%	-21.35%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%