Explore the Family Name Zegarelli

The meaning of Zegarelli

Italian (Sicily): 1. variant of Zagarella, from a diminutive of Sicilian zagara ‘orange flower’ (a derivative of Arabic zahr). 2. metonymic occupational name for a maker of ribbons, laces, and the like, from Old Sicilian zacharella ‘string’, ‘ribbon, lace’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Dino, Francesco, Giuseppe, Pasquale, Remo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname "Zegarelli" has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Zegarelli was ranked 57,406 in popularity and dropped to 62,359 by 2010, marking an 8.63% decrease. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 332 in 2000 to 321 in 2010, showing a 3.31% drop. Proportionally, per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the Zegarelli surname fell from 0.12 to 0.11, an 8.33% decline.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,406	#62,359	-8.63%
Count	332	321	-3.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zegarelli

In terms of ethnic identity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the vast majority of individuals with the Zegarelli surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a slight reduction from 97.59% in 2000 to 96.26% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of Zegarellis identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years. Interestingly, the census showed a new emergence of Hispanic representation within Zegarellis in 2010, making up 2.80% of the population with this surname. No individuals with the Zegarelli surname reported having two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.59%	96.26%	-1.36%
Hispanic	0%	2.8%	0%
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%