Explore the Family Name Venuti

The meaning of Venuti

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Venuto. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Angelo, Domenic, Enzo, Giuseppe, Sal.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Venuti has grown in popularity over the past decade. In 2000, Venuti was ranked the 24,453rd most frequent surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had jumped to 21,878th - an increase of 10.53 percent. Even more telling is the count change: there were 959 instances of the surname in 2000, but this figure grew by 23.77 percent to 1,187 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with the Venuti surname per 100,000 also increased by 11.11 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,453	#21,878	10.53%
Count	959	1,187	23.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.4	11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Venuti

The ethnicity distribution for the Venuti surname shows some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose from 1.15 percent to 1.60 percent, an increase of 39.13 percent. There was a significant jump in the percentage identifying as two or more races, which was not recorded in 2000 but accounted for 1.26 percent of the total in 2010. Those identifying as White decreased slightly from 96.98 percent to 94.19 percent, while those identifying as Hispanic rose from 1.36 percent to 2.44 percent, an increase of 79.41 percent. There were no recorded changes for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.98%	94.19%	-2.88%
Hispanic	1.36%	2.44%	79.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.15%	1.6%	39.13%
Two or More Races	0%	1.26%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%