Explore the Family Name Ventola

The meaning of Ventola

Italian (Apulia, Campania): apparently from ventola ‘fire fan’, perhaps applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone whose work involved making or using such an item, or as a nickname for someone with exceptionally large ears or hands. However, the term is not attested before the 18th century, which would be very late for surname formation. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Giorgio, Pasquale, Agostino, Angelo, Carmine, Dante, Enrico.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ventola saw a slight shift between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 36,232 in terms of popularity and had 584 counts. This ranking slipped to 37,125 in 2010, indicating a decrease in popularity by 2.46%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased to 601, marking a growth of 2.91%. The proportion per 100,000 also decreased over this decade from 0.22 to 0.20, a drop of 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,232	#37,125	-2.46%
Count	584	601	2.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ventola

As per the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the Ventola surname predominantly identified as White, although there was a slight decrease from 95.21% in 2000 to 92.85% in 2010. During the same period, the percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase from 3.42% to 5.66%, a change of 65.50%. No individuals with the Ventola surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either of these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.21%	92.85%	-2.48%
Hispanic	3.42%	5.66%	65.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%