How common is the surname DiStefano?

6,091 people in the United States had the surname DiStefano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,689 Americans. It ranked 5,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname DiStefano?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named DiStefano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named DiStefano?

Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014).

Where is the surname DiStefano most common?

Wikidata records people named DiStefano in Colombia.

Is the surname DiStefano getting more or less common?

More common. 5,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,091 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname DiStefano

An Italian surname, carried by 6,091 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex D231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DiStefano is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Di Stefano.

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 6,091 people named DiStefano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,689 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,980.

#5,691

rank among US surnames

6,091

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,356)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,686	Deweese	6,095	50,656
#5,688	Renaud	6,094	50,664
#5,689	Humes	6,093	50,672
#5,691	DiStefano	6,091	50,689

Who is named DiStefano

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

95% of people named DiStefano identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
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 DiStefanos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like DiStefano

Destefano

DiStefano has the Soundex code D231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D231.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname DiStefano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Di Stefano.
How common is the surname DiStefano?: 6,091 people in the United States had the surname DiStefano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,689 Americans. It ranked 5,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DiStefano?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named DiStefano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DiStefano?: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014).
Where is the surname DiStefano most common?: Wikidata records people named DiStefano in Colombia.
Is the surname DiStefano getting more or less common?: More common. 5,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,091 in 2010, up 1.9%.