Buratto last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Buratto

A surname of Italian origin, possibly derived from the Italian word "buratto" referring to a type of fabric or sieve.

Buratto, 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 Buratto surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Buratto in America

Buratto is the 150452nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Buratto surname appeared 109 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 Buratto.

We can also compare 2010 data for Buratto 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.

2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 150452 146011 3.00%
Count 109 104 4.69%
Proportion per 100k 0.04 0.04 0.00%

The history of the last name Buratto

The surname Buratto originated in Italy, specifically in the northern regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its roots can be traced back to the late Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century. The name is believed to derive from the Italian word "buratto," which means a type of coarse cloth or sieve used for sifting flour or other grains. This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a occupation or trade involving the production or use of such material.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Buratto surname can be found in a document from the city of Padua, dated 1328, which mentions a certain "Bartolomeo Buratto." Another early reference is a record from the town of Pordenone in Friuli, where a "Pietro Buratto" is mentioned in a document from 1402.

During the Renaissance period, the Buratto name appears in various historical records and manuscripts from the Venetian Republic and its surrounding territories. For instance, a certain "Giovanni Buratto" was a prominent merchant from Venice who lived in the late 15th century and is mentioned in several trade documents from that era.

The name also has connections to certain place names in the region. For example, there is a small village called "Buratto" located near the town of Vittorio Veneto in the province of Treviso, which may have derived its name from the surname or vice versa.

Notable individuals with the Buratto surname throughout history include:

  1. Girolamo Buratto (1570-1638), a Venetian painter and architect who worked on several churches and palaces in Venice and its surroundings.

  2. Antonio Buratto (1700-1768), an Italian composer and violinist who served as the music director at the court of the Dukes of Modena.

  3. Francesca Buratto (1810-1888), an Italian educator and philanthropist who founded several schools and orphanages in the city of Trieste.

  4. Ettore Buratto (1865-1942), an Italian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Italian Parliament and was a prominent figure in the early 20th century.

  5. Giancarlo Buratto (1924-2001), an Italian professor of linguistics and philology who taught at the University of Padua and authored numerous publications on the history of the Venetian language and dialects.

While the Buratto surname has its roots in northern Italy, it has since spread to other parts of the country and beyond, carried by individuals and families who migrated or established themselves in new regions over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Buratto

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

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 Buratto was:

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only 98.17% 107
Non-Hispanic Black Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races (S)% (S)
Hispanic Origin (S)% (S)

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 Buratto has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

2010 2000 Change (%)
White 98.17% 98.08% 0.09%
Black 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Two or More Races (S)% (S)% (S)%
Hispanic (S)% (S)% (S)%

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

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