How common is the surname Defazio?

2,952 people in the United States had the surname Defazio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,589 Americans. It ranked 10,800th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Defazio?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Defazio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Defazio?

Peter DeFazio, American politician (born 1947).

Where is the surname Defazio most common?

Wikidata records people named Defazio in the United States.

Is the surname Defazio getting more or less common?

More common. 2,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,952 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Defazio

An Italian surname, carried by 2,952 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Defazio is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Rare spelling of Italian De Fazio.

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 2,952 people named Defazio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,589 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,945.

#10,800

rank among US surnames

2,952

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,088)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,792	Turnbow	2,955	104,482
#10,795	Rothschild	2,954	104,518
#10,797	Coffelt	2,953	104,553
#10,800	Kesterson	2,952	104,589
#10,803	Giuliano	2,951	104,624
#10,805	Follett	2,950	104,660
#10,806	Mahaney	2,949	104,695

Who is named Defazio

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

95% of people named Defazio identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Defazios

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter DeFazio
American politician (born 1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Defazio

Depaz

Defazio has the Soundex code D120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D120.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Defazio come from?: Rare spelling of Italian De Fazio.
How common is the surname Defazio?: 2,952 people in the United States had the surname Defazio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,589 Americans. It ranked 10,800th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Defazio?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Defazio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Defazio?: Peter DeFazio, American politician (born 1947).
Where is the surname Defazio most common?: Wikidata records people named Defazio in the United States.
Is the surname Defazio getting more or less common?: More common. 2,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,952 in 2010, up 0.2%.