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

Campanella, 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 Campanella surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Campanella in America

Campanella is the 10763rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Campanella surname appeared 2,964 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Campanella.

We can also compare 2010 data for Campanella 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 Campanella

The surname Campanella is of Italian origin, specifically from the regions of Campania and Calabria in southern Italy. It dates back to the Middle Ages, around the 11th century.

Campanella is derived from the Italian word "campana," which means "bell." It is believed that the name was initially given as a nickname or an occupational surname to individuals who were bell ringers, bell makers, or lived near bell towers.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Campanella can be found in the 12th-century manuscript "Codice Diplomatico Normanno" from the Kingdom of Sicily, which mentions a person named Petrus Campanella.

The name Campanella is also found in the 13th-century "Cronaca di Salimbene di Adamo," a historical chronicle that references a monk named Tomaso Campanella.

In the 15th century, the philosopher and Dominican friar Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) was a notable figure who bore this surname. He is known for his work "La Città del Sole" (The City of the Sun), a utopian philosophical work.

Another individual of note was the Italian composer and violinist Girolamo Campanella (c. 1600-1669), who was a prominent figure in the Baroque period and served as the Kapellmeister (music director) at the court of the Archduke Ferdinand II in Innsbruck.

In the 19th century, the Italian composer and violinist Pietro Campanella (1824-1896) was a renowned figure in the Neapolitan School of composers.

The surname Campanella has also been associated with several place names in Italy, such as Campanella di Monteforte Irpino in the province of Avellino, and Campanella di Palermo in Sicily.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Campanella

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

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

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