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

Angelucci, 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 Angelucci surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Angelucci in America

Angelucci is the 26282nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Angelucci surname appeared 929 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 Angelucci.

We can also compare 2010 data for Angelucci 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 Angelucci

The surname Angelucci is of Italian origin, specifically from the regions of Lazio and Abruzzo. It is derived from the Italian word "angelo," meaning "angel," and the Latin suffix "-ucci," which is a diminutive form indicating a small or little version of something. The name likely originated in the late Middle Ages, between the 12th and 15th centuries.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Angelucci can be found in ancient Italian manuscripts and records from the 13th century. One notable example is in the Codice Diplomatico Veneto, a collection of diplomatic documents from the Republic of Venice, where the name appears as "Angeluccius" in a document dated 1278.

In the 14th century, the name Angelucci is mentioned in the Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana (Book of Gold of Italian Nobility), a register of noble families in Italy. This suggests that the Angelucci family held a prominent position in Italian society during this time.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Angelucci was Girolamo Angelucci, a 16th-century Italian painter and architect born in Città di Castello, Umbria, in 1525. He is known for his work on the Palazzo dei Priori in his hometown.

Another notable figure was Teodoro Angelucci, an Italian painter and engraver born in Città di Castello in 1611. He was a student of the renowned Baroque painter Pietro da Cortona and contributed to several fresco projects in Rome.

In the 18th century, Gian Francesco Angelucci (1712-1785) was a prominent Italian jurist and legal scholar from Città di Castello. He served as a judge in the Sacra Rota, the highest judicial court of the Papal States.

The name Angelucci can also be traced back to place names in Italy, such as Angelucci, a small village in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, and Colli Angelucci, a hill located in the municipality of Foligno, Umbria.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Angelucci was Arturo Angelucci (1912-1959), an Italian engineer and aircraft designer. He is best known for his work on the Angelucci SA.1 Ambrosini, a pioneering Italian jet aircraft developed in the late 1940s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Angelucci

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

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

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