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

Cipriani, 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 Cipriani surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cipriani in America

Cipriani is the 15889th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cipriani surname appeared 1,830 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 Cipriani.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cipriani 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 Cipriani

The surname Cipriani originates from Italy, specifically in the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, dating back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Latin word "cyprius," meaning "from Cyprus," suggesting that the name may have been given to someone who hailed from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus or had some connection to it.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Cipriani can be found in the Codice Diplomatico Longobardo, a collection of documents from the Lombard period in Italy, where a certain "Iohannes Cyprianii" is mentioned in a document dated around 1150.

The name Cipriani has also been associated with the town of Città di Castello in the province of Perugia, Umbria, where a noble family bearing this surname held considerable influence during the Renaissance period. Members of this family included Cipriano Cipriani (1472-1553), a renowned jurist and legal scholar, and Prospero Cipriani (1542-1621), a celebrated painter and architect.

In the 16th century, the Cipriani name gained further prominence with the birth of Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1531-1592), a Florentine sculptor and architect who worked extensively in Rome and was a prominent figure in the Mannerist movement.

Another notable figure was the 18th-century Italian artist and engraver Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), who spent much of his career in England and contributed significantly to the development of the Neoclassical style.

In more recent times, the name Cipriani has been associated with the renowned Cipriani family, who established the iconic Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy, in the 1930s. This family has since expanded their hospitality empire to include restaurants and hotels around the world, with the name Cipriani becoming synonymous with luxury and fine dining.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cipriani

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

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

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