Explore the Family Name Vasiliou

The meaning of Vasiliou

Greek: patronymic from the genitive case of the personal name Vasili(o)s, from classical Greek Basileios ‘royal’ (see Basil). Some characteristic forenames: Greek Andreas, Anastasios, Costas, Demetrios, Eleftherios, Evangelos, Kimon, Konstantions, Kostas, Panagiota, Vasilios, Vasilis.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Vasiliou had a fluctuating popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 54,020 in terms of commonality and slipped to 56,972 in 2010, marking a decrease of 5.46%. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with the surname remained constant at 358 for both years. The proportion of the Vasiliou surname per 100,000 people also saw a slight decrease from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,020	#56,972	-5.46%
Count	358	358	0%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vasiliou

In regard to ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Vasiliou surname identify as White. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a small increase of 0.89% in this group, from 94.41% to 95.25%. During the same period, there was a significant rise in those identifying as Hispanic, with an increase of 99.29%, although this group only constitutes 2.79% of all Vasiliou's in 2010. The number of individuals with this surname who identify as part of two or more races dropped to zero in 2010, from 3.35% in 2000. Meanwhile, there were no recorded individuals with the Vasiliou surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.41%	95.25%	0.89%
Hispanic	1.4%	2.79%	99.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.35%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%