How common is the surname Schiavo?

1,615 people in the United States had the surname Schiavo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schiavo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schiavo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schiavo?

Terri Schiavo, American woman at the center of the Terri Schiavo case (1963–2005).

Where is the surname Schiavo most common?

Wikidata records people named Schiavo in the United States.

How do you pronounce Schiavo?

Schiavo is /skiˈɑːvoʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Schiavo getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Schiavo

An Italian surname, carried by 1,615 people in the United States.

Pronounced /skiˈɑːvoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiavo is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Schiavo.

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 1,615 people named Schiavo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,640.

#17,455

rank among US surnames

1,615

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,202)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,447	Gaye	1,616	191,055
#17,455	Fredericksen	1,615	191,174
#17,463	Bazaldua	1,614	191,292

Who is named Schiavo

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

95% of people named Schiavo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schiavos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Terri Schiavo
American woman at the center of the Terri Schiavo case (1963–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Schiavo

Schiavo has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schiavo come from?: Borrowed from Italian Schiavo.
How common is the surname Schiavo?: 1,615 people in the United States had the surname Schiavo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schiavo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schiavo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schiavo?: Terri Schiavo, American woman at the center of the Terri Schiavo case (1963–2005).
Where is the surname Schiavo most common?: Wikidata records people named Schiavo in the United States.
How do you pronounce Schiavo?: Schiavo is /skiˈɑːvoʊ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Schiavo getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, down 1.5%.