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

Anania, 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 Anania surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Anania in America

Anania is the 33645th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Anania surname appeared 677 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 Anania.

We can also compare 2010 data for Anania 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 Anania

The surname ANANIA has its origins in Italy, with roots that can be traced back to the medieval period. The name is believed to derive from the ancient Roman name Ananias, which itself is derived from the Hebrew name Hananiah, meaning "favored by the Lord."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name ANANIA can be found in a 12th-century document from the city of Pisa, where a certain Anania Guidi is mentioned as a prominent landowner. This suggests that the name had already established itself as a surname by that time.

In the 13th century, the name appears in records from the Republic of Siena, where a family by the name of Anania played a significant role in the city's political and economic affairs. One notable member was Guccio Anania, a wealthy merchant and banker who lived from around 1220 to 1290.

During the Renaissance period, the ANANIA surname gained further prominence. In the 15th century, a humanist scholar named Giovanni Anania (1437-1512) gained recognition for his translations of ancient Greek texts into Latin. He was born in Calabria and spent much of his life in Naples.

Another notable figure with the ANANIA surname was Bartolomeo Anania (1515-1569), an Italian jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge in the Republic of Venice. He was born in Verona and is remembered for his influential work on Roman law.

In the 18th century, the ANANIA name appears in records from the Papal States, where a family of that surname held land and estates in the region around Ancona. One member, Giuseppe Anania (1725-1798), was a prominent landowner and patron of the arts.

Throughout its history, the ANANIA surname has also been associated with various place names in Italy, such as Anania di Treviso, Anania di Lucca, and Anania di Firenze, reflecting the geographic spread of families bearing this name across different regions of the country.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Anania

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

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 Anania 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 Anania 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 Anania was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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