# Demaria (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/demaria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian or Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,475 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,361 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 88,848 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (3,085 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian De Maria or Spanish De María.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Demaria in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Demaria in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Demaria

- Attilio Demaría, Argentine and Italian footballer (1909-1990)
- Walter De Maria, American painter and sculptor (1935–2013)

## Similar surnames

Demery, Demaree, Demar, Demmer, Demara, Danner, Donner, Downer, Damore, Diener, Deemer, Diemer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.