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    The surname DePaola

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,327 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D140

    DePaola: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer DePaola #20,125, 1,327 people DePaola: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez DePaola #20,125, 1,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DePaola is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian De Paola.

    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 1,327 people named DePaola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,286.

    #20,125
    rank among US surnames
    1,327
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,445)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,116Degenhardt1,328232,489
    #20,125Epting1,327232,664

    Who is named DePaola

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

    93% of people named DePaola identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous DePaolas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tomie dePaola
      American illustrator and writer (1934–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like DePaola

    DePaola has the Soundex code D140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D140.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname DePaola come from?
    Borrowed from Italian De Paola.
    How common is the surname DePaola?
    1,327 people in the United States had the surname DePaola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. It ranked 20,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname DePaola?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named DePaola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named DePaola?
    Tomie dePaola, American illustrator and writer (1934–2020).
    Where is the surname DePaola most common?
    Wikidata records people named DePaola in the United States.
    Is the surname DePaola getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,327 in 2010, up 3.2%.