How common is the surname DiFranco?

1,923 people in the United States had the surname DiFranco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. It ranked 15,272nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DiFranco?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DiFranco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DiFranco?

Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter.

Where is the surname DiFranco most common?

Wikidata records people named DiFranco in the United States.

Is the surname DiFranco getting more or less common?

More common. 1,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,923 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname DiFranco

An Italian surname, carried by 1,923 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DiFranco is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Di Franco.

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 1,923 people named DiFranco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,745.

#15,272

rank among US surnames

1,923

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,421)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,268	Tassone	1,924	160,471
#15,272	Trosper	1,923	160,554
#15,278	Stelter	1,922	160,638

Who is named DiFranco

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

94% of people named DiFranco identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DiFrancos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ani DiFranco
American singer-songwriter, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DiFranco

DiFranco has the Soundex code D165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D165.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DiFranco come from?: Borrowed from Italian Di Franco.
How common is the surname DiFranco?: 1,923 people in the United States had the surname DiFranco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. It ranked 15,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DiFranco?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DiFranco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DiFranco?: Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter.
Where is the surname DiFranco most common?: Wikidata records people named DiFranco in the United States.
Is the surname DiFranco getting more or less common?: More common. 1,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,923 in 2010, up 10%.