How common is the surname Alessi?

3,372 people in the United States had the surname Alessi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,562 Americans. It ranked 9,628th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Alessi?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Alessi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Alessi?

Galeazzo Alessi, architect, followed by Raquel Alessi.

Where is the surname Alessi most common?

Wikidata records people named Alessi in the United States and Italy.

Is the surname Alessi getting more or less common?

More common. 3,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,372 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Alessi

An Italian surname, carried by 3,372 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alessi is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Alessi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,372 people named Alessi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,562 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,334.

#9,628

rank among US surnames

3,372

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426
#9,624	Benedetto	3,375	91,480
#9,627	Palazzolo	3,374	91,507
#9,628	Leath	3,372	91,562
#9,631	Trueblood	3,371	91,589
#9,632	Roane	3,370	91,616

Who is named Alessi

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Alessi identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alessis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Galeazzo Alessi
Architect, 1512–1573
Raquel Alessi
American actress, born 1983
Joseph Alessi
American classical trombonist with the New York Philharmonic, born 1959

Notable Alessis come mostly from the United States (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alessi

Alessi has the Soundex code A420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A420.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alessi come from?: Borrowed from Italian Alessi.
How common is the surname Alessi?: 3,372 people in the United States had the surname Alessi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,562 Americans. It ranked 9,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alessi?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Alessi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Alessi?: Galeazzo Alessi, architect, followed by Raquel Alessi.
Where is the surname Alessi most common?: Wikidata records people named Alessi in the United States and Italy.
Is the surname Alessi getting more or less common?: More common. 3,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,372 in 2010, up 1.1%.