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

Cima, 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 Cima surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cima in America

Cima is the 39419th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cima surname appeared 558 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 Cima.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cima 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 Cima

The surname Cima originated in Italy, with the earliest records dating back to the 14th century. The name derives from the Italian word "cima," meaning "top" or "summit," suggesting that the family's ancestors may have lived at the peak of a hill or mountain.

Cima is a well-documented surname in various historical records and manuscripts from medieval Italy. One of the earliest mentions can be found in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze (State Archives of Florence), which contains documents from the 14th century referencing individuals with the Cima surname.

In the 15th century, a notable figure bearing the Cima surname was Giovanni Battista Cima (c. 1459-1517/18), a renowned Italian Renaissance painter from the Republic of Venice. His works, including religious altarpieces and portraits, can be found in various museums and galleries across Europe.

Another prominent individual with the Cima surname was Gian Paolo Cima (1570-1622), an Italian jurist and legal scholar from Milan. He authored several influential works on civil law and served as a professor at the University of Pavia.

During the 16th century, the Cima family also had a presence in the town of Conegliano, in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Records from this era mention a Giovanni Cima, a landowner and farmer from Conegliano.

In the 18th century, Antonio Cima (1711-1792) was a notable Italian architect and engineer from Venice. He designed several churches and palaces in the Venetian style and was involved in significant hydraulic engineering projects in the Venetian lagoon.

The surname Cima can also be found in historical records from other parts of Italy, including the regions of Lombardy, Piedmont, and Emilia-Romagna, indicating the widespread distribution of the family throughout the Italian peninsula.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cima

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

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

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