How common is the surname Tomaselli?

1,006 people in the United States had the surname Tomaselli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tomaselli?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tomaselli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tomaselli?

Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews, academic.

Where is the surname Tomaselli most common?

Wikidata records people named Tomaselli in Canada.

Is the surname Tomaselli getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Tomaselli

An Italian surname, carried by 1,006 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex T524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tomaselli is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Tomaselli.

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 1,006 people named Tomaselli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,224.

#24,762

rank among US surnames

1,006

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-17.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,234)

Who is named Tomaselli

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

96% of people named Tomaselli identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tomasellis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
Academic, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tomaselli

Tomasello

Tomaselli has the Soundex code T524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T524.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tomaselli come from?: Borrowed from Italian Tomaselli.
How common is the surname Tomaselli?: 1,006 people in the United States had the surname Tomaselli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,904 Americans. It ranked 24,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tomaselli?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tomaselli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tomaselli?: Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews, academic.
Where is the surname Tomaselli most common?: Wikidata records people named Tomaselli in Canada.
Is the surname Tomaselli getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,006 in 2010, down 18%.