Where does the surname Matarazzo come from?

Matarazzo is Italian in origin.

How common is the surname Matarazzo?

1,504 people in the United States had the surname Matarazzo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. It ranked 18,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Matarazzo?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Matarazzo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Matarazzo?

Gaten Matarazzo, American actor (born 2002), followed by Heather Matarazzo.

Where is the surname Matarazzo most common?

Wikidata records people named Matarazzo in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Matarazzo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,504 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Matarazzo

An Italian surname, carried by 1,504 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matarazzo is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname from Italian.

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 1,504 people named Matarazzo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,489.

#18,411

rank among US surnames

1,504

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #17,457)

Who is named Matarazzo

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

94% of people named Matarazzo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Matarazzos

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gaten Matarazzo
American actor (born 2002)
Heather Matarazzo
American actress, born 1982
Pellegrino Matarazzo
American soccer coach, born 1977
Maysa Matarazzo
Brazilian recording artist and actress (1936–1977)
Francesco Matarazzo
Brazilian businessman (1854–1937)
Jayme Monjardim
Brazilian TV and film director, born 1956

Notable Matarazzos come mostly from the United States (3) and Brazil (3).

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Matarazzo come from?: Matarazzo is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Matarazzo?: 1,504 people in the United States had the surname Matarazzo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. It ranked 18,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matarazzo?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Matarazzo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Matarazzo?: Gaten Matarazzo, American actor (born 2002), followed by Heather Matarazzo.
Where is the surname Matarazzo most common?: Wikidata records people named Matarazzo in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Matarazzo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,504 in 2010, up 1.0%.