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    The surname Polizzi

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,441 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P420

    Polizzi: #12,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Polizzi #12,662, 2,441 people Polizzi: #12,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Polizzi #12,662, 2,441 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polizzi is more common than 92.2% 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 2,441 people named Polizzi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,483 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,416.

    #12,662
    rank among US surnames
    2,441
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,864)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,656Houghtaling2,444126,328
    #12,659Rayfield2,443126,380
    #12,661Basquez2,442126,431
    #12,662Horrell2,441126,483
    #12,667Klee2,440126,535
    #12,670Gilland2,439126,587

    Who is named Polizzi

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

    96% of people named Polizzi identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Polizzis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Snooki
      American reality television personality (born 1987)

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Polizzi come from?
    Polizzi is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Polizzi?
    2,441 people in the United States had the surname Polizzi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,483 Americans. It ranked 12,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polizzi?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Polizzi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Polizzi?
    Snooki, American reality television personality (born 1987).
    Where is the surname Polizzi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Polizzi in the United States.
    Is the surname Polizzi getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,441 in 2010, up 1.0%.