Explore the Family Name Vizza

The meaning of Vizza

Italian (Calabria, mainly Cosenza): possibly a nickname or a metonymic occupational name from dialect vizza ‘grass pea’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Lorenzo, Orlando, Rosario.

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

The surname Vizza has seen minor fluctuations in popularity between 2000 and 2010 as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, it ranked 60,390th in popularity with a count of 312 individuals. By 2010, its rank fell slightly to 63,698, however, the number of individuals with this surname increased marginally to 313. This represents a decrease in popularity by 5.48% but an increase in the total count by 0.32%. The proportion of people named Vizza per 100,000 population also declined by 8.33%, from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,390	#63,698	-5.48%
Count	312	313	0.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vizza

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Vizza, based on the information provided by the Decennial U.S. Census, there have been some slight adjustments over the decade. In 2000, about 97.76% of those with the Vizza surname identified as White, and this figure dropped slightly to 97.44% in 2010. The proportion of individuals identifying as having two or more races decreased from 1.6% in 2000 to none in 2010. However, there was an emergence of Hispanic identification within this surname from 0% in 2000 to 1.6% in 2010. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native recorded no change, remaining at 0.00% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.76%	97.44%	-0.33%
Hispanic	0%	1.6%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.6%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%