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    The surname Cannizzaro

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,891 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C526

    Cannizzaro: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cannizzaro #15,483, 1,891 people Cannizzaro: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cannizzaro #15,483, 1,891 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cannizzaro is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian.

    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 1,891 people named Cannizzaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,739.

    #15,483
    rank among US surnames
    1,891
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,464)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,477Parga1,892163,185
    #15,483Gridley1,891163,271

    Who is named Cannizzaro

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

    94% of people named Cannizzaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cannizzaro come from?
    Cannizzaro is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Cannizzaro?
    1,891 people in the United States had the surname Cannizzaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cannizzaro?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cannizzaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cannizzaro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 8.7%.