Explore the Family Name Viggiano

The meaning of Viggiano

Italian (southern): habitational name for someone from Viggiano in Potenza province, so named from the Latin personal name Vibius or Vivius. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Rocco, Sal, Salvatore, Carmine, Carlo, Carmela, Cosimo, Dante, Donato, Nunzio, Stefano.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Viggiano saw minor fluctuations between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 19,953rd most common surname, but by 2010, it had slipped slightly to 20,047th. However, the count of individuals carrying this surname increased from 1,245 in 2000 to 1,334 in 2010, a growth rate of 7.15 percent. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100k people dipped marginally from 0.46 to 0.45.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,953	#20,047	-0.47%
Count	1,245	1,334	7.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.46	0.45	-2.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Viggiano

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Viggiano also shifted somewhat in the same period, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 96.71 percent of those bearing the surname identified as White. By 2010, that figure had decreased slightly to 93.78 percent. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as Hispanic rose from 2.65 percent to 4.35 percent. Notably, in 2010 there were also small proportions of people with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (0.60 percent) and individuals reporting two or more races (0.90 percent). No one with the surname Viggiano identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.71%	93.78%	-3.03%
Hispanic	2.65%	4.35%	64.15%
Two or More Races	0%	0.9%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.6%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%