How common is the surname Venuti?

1,187 people in the United States had the surname Venuti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Venuti?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Venuti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Venuti?

Lawrence Venuti, American translator, followed by Joe Venuti.

Where is the surname Venuti most common?

Wikidata records people named Venuti in the United States.

Is the surname Venuti getting more or less common?

More common. 959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Venuti

An Italian surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Venuti is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Venuti.

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 1,187 people named Venuti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 959.

#21,878

rank among US surnames

1,187

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+23.8%

change since 2000 (was #24,453)

Who is named Venuti

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

94% of people named Venuti identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Venutis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawrence Venuti
American translator, born 1953
Joe Venuti
American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist (1903–1978)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Venuti

Vento

Venuti has the Soundex code V530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V530.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Venuti come from?: Borrowed from Italian Venuti.
How common is the surname Venuti?: 1,187 people in the United States had the surname Venuti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Venuti?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Venuti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Venuti?: Lawrence Venuti, American translator, followed by Joe Venuti.
Where is the surname Venuti most common?: Wikidata records people named Venuti in the United States.
Is the surname Venuti getting more or less common?: More common. 959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 24%.