Find out how popular the last name Accettura is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Accettura.

Accettura, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Accettura surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Accettura in America

Accettura is the 104602nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Accettura surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Accettura.

We can also compare 2010 data for Accettura to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Accettura

The surname Accettura is believed to have originated in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, where the town of Accettura is located. The name itself can be traced back to the 11th century and is derived from the Latin word "acceptura," meaning "to receive or accept."

In the Middle Ages, surnames often arose from the names of towns or villages where a person was born or lived. It is likely that the earliest bearers of the Accettura surname were individuals who hailed from the town of the same name.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Accettura surname can be found in a document from the year 1192, which mentions a landowner named Guglielmo Accettura. This suggests that the name was already established in the region by the late 12th century.

Throughout the centuries, various spellings of the surname have been documented, including Accettura, Acceturo, and Accettulli. These variations likely arose due to regional dialects and the inconsistencies in record-keeping practices during those times.

Notable individuals with the Accettura surname include Francesco Accettura (1592-1672), an Italian painter known for his religious works, and Giulio Accettura (1725-1804), a prominent jurist and legal scholar from the Kingdom of Naples.

Another notable figure was Girolamo Accettura (1832-1901), who served as a general in the Italian army during the Risorgimento, the 19th-century movement for Italian unification.

In the 20th century, Vincenzo Accettura (1908-1988) gained recognition as a renowned Italian architect, known for his contributions to the reconstruction efforts in Naples after World War II.

More recently, Giuseppe Accettura (born 1949) made a name for himself as a respected Italian novelist and screenwriter, whose works often explore themes of identity and cultural traditions.

While the Accettura surname may have originated in a specific region of Italy, it has since spread across the country and beyond, carried by generations of individuals who share a connection to this ancient and storied name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Accettura

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Accettura.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Accettura was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Accettura has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Accettura was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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