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    The surname Chiarenza

    An Italian surname, carried by 342 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C652

    Chiarenza: #59,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chiarenza #59,171, 342 people Chiarenza: #59,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Chiarenza #59,171, 342 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chiarenza is more common than 63.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    From Italian Chiarenza, from chiarenza, via French from Latin clarentia, from clarus (“clear, bright, famous”) + -entia (“-ence: forming abstract nouns”).

    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 342 people named Chiarenza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 902,765 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 344.

    #59,171
    rank among US surnames
    342
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #55,732)

    Who is named Chiarenza

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

    96% of people named Chiarenza identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Chiarenza

    Chiarenza has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chiarenza come from?
    From Italian Chiarenza, from chiarenza, via French from Latin clarentia, from clarus (“clear, bright, famous”) + -entia (“-ence: forming abstract nouns”).
    How common is the surname Chiarenza?
    342 people in the United States had the surname Chiarenza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 902,765 Americans. It ranked 59,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chiarenza?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Chiarenza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Chiarenza getting more or less common?
    Less common. 344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 342 in 2010, down 0.6%.