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The surname Degennaro

A surname, carried by 2,281 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D256

Degennaro: #13,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Degennaro #13,360, 2,281 people Degennaro: #13,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Degennaro #13,360, 2,281 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Degennaro is more common than 91.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,281 people named Degennaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,355 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,172.

#13,360
rank among US surnames
2,281
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5%
change since 2000 (was #12,953)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,356Forst2,283135,237
#13,357Knobloch2,282135,296
#13,360Degennaro2,281135,355
#13,368Isler2,280135,415

Who is named Degennaro

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

93% of people named Degennaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Degennaro

Degennaro has the Soundex code D256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D256.

Questions

How common is the surname Degennaro?
2,281 people in the United States had the surname Degennaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,355 Americans. It ranked 13,360th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Degennaro?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Degennaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Degennaro getting more or less common?
More common. 2,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,281 in 2010, up 5.0%.