How common is the surname Damiano?

2,880 people in the United States had the surname Damiano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,203 Americans. It ranked 11,040th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Damiano?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Damiano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Damiano?

Gerard Damiano, American pornographic film director (1928-2008).

Where is the surname Damiano most common?

Wikidata records people named Damiano in the United States.

Is the surname Damiano getting more or less common?

More common. 2,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,880 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Damiano

An Italian surname, carried by 2,880 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Damiano is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Damiano.

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 2,880 people named Damiano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,203 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,764.

#11,040

rank among US surnames

2,880

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,031	Chambless	2,882	107,129
#11,035	Foret	2,881	107,166
#11,040	Bruder	2,880	107,203
#11,044	Rickett	2,879	107,241
#11,047	Branum	2,878	107,278

Who is named Damiano

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

91% of people named Damiano identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Damianos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gerard Damiano
American pornographic film director (1928-2008)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Damiano

Damiano has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Damiano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Damiano.
How common is the surname Damiano?: 2,880 people in the United States had the surname Damiano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,203 Americans. It ranked 11,040th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Damiano?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Damiano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Damiano?: Gerard Damiano, American pornographic film director (1928-2008).
Where is the surname Damiano most common?: Wikidata records people named Damiano in the United States.
Is the surname Damiano getting more or less common?: More common. 2,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,880 in 2010, up 4.2%.