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

Cerruti, 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 Cerruti surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cerruti in America

Cerruti is the 44730th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cerruti surname appeared 480 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 Cerruti.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cerruti 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 Cerruti

The surname Cerruti originated in Italy, specifically in the Piedmont region. It is believed to have derived from the Italian word "cerro," meaning "turkey oak tree." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near or was associated with an oak tree or oak forest.

Cerruti is a variation of the Italian surname Ceruti, which can be traced back to the 13th century in records from the city of Turin. Some early spellings of the name include Cerrutus, Cerrutis, and Cerrutius.

One of the earliest documented references to the name Cerruti can be found in the "Codex Astensis," a 14th-century manuscript from the town of Asti in Piedmont. The manuscript mentions a certain "Guilielmus Cerrutus" in a legal document dated 1336.

In the 15th century, the name appeared in the "Liber Consiliorum" of the city of Casale Monferrato, where a "Bartholomeus Cerruti" was recorded as a member of the city council in 1472.

A notable bearer of the Cerruti name was Giovanni Battista Cerruti (1689-1768), an Italian mathematician and philosopher from Turin. He published several works on geometry and was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

Another famous Cerruti was Pietro Cerruti (1828-1892), an Italian politician and statesman who served as the Minister of Finance in the Kingdom of Italy during the late 19th century.

In the realm of literature, Vittorio Emanuele Cerruti (1826-1905) was an Italian writer and journalist from Turin, known for his contributions to various newspapers and literary magazines.

The name Cerruti has also been associated with the fashion industry, notably through the Italian fashion house Cerruti 1881, founded by Nino Cerruti (1930-2022), a renowned fashion designer from Biella, Piedmont.

Historically, the Cerruti surname has been most prevalent in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, particularly in the provinces of Turin, Asti, and Alessandria, where many families with this name have resided for centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cerruti

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

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

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