Explore the Family Name Taravella

The meaning of Taravella

Italian: from the dialectal term taravella ‘crooked or deformed limb’, possibly a nickname for someone who walked with a limp or presented some kind of deformity. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carlo, Gaetano, Gandolfo, Giovanni, Salvatore, Santo.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Taravella is not a very common name in the United States. According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, in 2000, it ranked 41,130 in terms of popularity, and by 2010, it had slipped slightly to 41,359, representing a decrease of 0.56%. In terms of actual numbers, there were about 500 people with this surname in 2000, and by 2010, the count had risen to 526, an increase of 5.2%. The proportion of people with this surname per 100k individuals also decreased slightly between 2000 and 2010, from 0.19 to 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,130	#41,359	-0.56%
Count	500	526	5.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.18	-5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Taravella

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of individuals with the surname Taravella identify as White, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. This group accounted for 97.20% of the Taravellas in 2000 and 96.58% in 2010, indicating a slight decrease of 0.64%. Few individuals identified as being of two or more races in 2000, but this number dropped to zero in 2010. Similarly, no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year. However, a small percentage (1.71%) started identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not the case in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	96.58%	-0.64%
Hispanic	0%	1.71%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%