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

Campolongo, 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 Campolongo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Campolongo in America

Campolongo is the 97671st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Campolongo surname appeared 186 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 Campolongo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Campolongo 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 Campolongo

The surname Campolongo originates from Italy, tracing its roots back to the medieval period. It is a toponymic surname, derived from the Italian words "campo" meaning field and "lungo" meaning long, suggesting an association with a place characterized by a long field or stretch of land.

Campolongo is believed to have emerged as a distinctive surname in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna, where many families bearing this name can be found in historical records dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries. It was not uncommon for individuals to be identified by their place of origin or residence during this era, leading to the adoption of surnames like Campolongo.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Campolongo surname appears in a 14th-century manuscript from the city of Verona, where a certain Giovanni Campolongo is mentioned as a prominent landowner. Another notable figure bearing this surname was Francesco Campolongo, a renowned physician who lived in the 15th century and served as a court doctor to the Visconti family in Milan.

The Campolongo name has also been associated with several noble families throughout Italian history. In the 16th century, the Campolongo family from the town of Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto region held significant land holdings and political influence. One of their descendants, Girolamo Campolongo (1548-1623), was a respected jurist and diplomat who served as an ambassador for the Republic of Venice.

Another notable figure with the Campolongo surname was Antonio Campolongo (1737-1795), a celebrated painter from the city of Vicenza. His works, which included religious and mythological scenes, can be found in various churches and galleries across northern Italy.

During the Renaissance period, the Campolongo name was also associated with several prominent scholars and writers. Giulio Campolongo (1521-1592), a humanist philosopher and poet from Padua, gained recognition for his Latin poetry and translations of ancient Greek texts.

It is worth mentioning that the surname Campolongo has also been found in various spellings throughout history, such as Campilongo, Campilungo, and Campolungo, reflecting regional variations and linguistic evolutions over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Campolongo

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

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

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