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    The surname Cifelli

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,089 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C140

    Cifelli: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cifelli #23,371, 1,089 people Cifelli: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cifelli #23,371, 1,089 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cifelli is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Cifelli.

    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 1,089 people named Cifelli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,092.

    #23,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,089
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,098)

    Who is named Cifelli

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

    96% of people named Cifelli identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cifelli

    Cifelli has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cifelli come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Cifelli.
    How common is the surname Cifelli?
    1,089 people in the United States had the surname Cifelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. It ranked 23,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cifelli?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cifelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cifelli getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,089 in 2010, down 0.3%.