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    The surname Maniaci

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,308 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M520

    Maniaci: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maniaci #20,322, 1,308 people Maniaci: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maniaci #20,322, 1,308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maniaci is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Sicilian Maniaci (“Maniakes”).

    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 1,308 people named Maniaci in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,236.

    #20,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,308
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,072)

    Who is named Maniaci

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

    94% of people named Maniaci identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Maniaci

    Maniaci has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maniaci come from?
    Borrowed from Sicilian Maniaci (“Maniakes”).
    How common is the surname Maniaci?
    1,308 people in the United States had the surname Maniaci in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maniaci?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maniaci identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Maniaci getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 5.8%.