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

DeCarlo, 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 DeCarlo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DeCarlo in America

DeCarlo is the 5860th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DeCarlo surname appeared 5,889 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname DeCarlo.

We can also compare 2010 data for DeCarlo 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 DeCarlo

The surname DeCarlo is of Italian origin, with roots tracing back to the 14th century in the region of Campania. It is derived from the Italian words "de" meaning "from" and "Carlo," which is the Italian form of the name Charles. This suggests that the surname was initially given to individuals who hailed from a location associated with someone named Carlo.

One of the earliest known records of the name DeCarlo can be found in a document from 1387 in the city of Naples, where a certain Giovanni DeCarlo is mentioned as a landowner. This provides evidence of the surname's existence in the late medieval period in southern Italy.

During the Renaissance era, the name DeCarlo appeared in various historical manuscripts and records across Italy. Notably, in 1512, a Florentine artist named Girolamo DeCarlo was commissioned to create frescoes for the Church of San Miniato al Monte in Florence.

As time progressed, the DeCarlo surname spread to other regions of Italy, and its spelling variations emerged, such as DeCarli and DeCarolo. In the 18th century, a prominent figure bearing this surname was Giuseppe DeCarlo, a composer and musician from Naples who lived from 1698 to 1782.

In the 19th century, the DeCarlo name gained further recognition with the birth of Luigi DeCarlo in 1835, an Italian lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the newly unified Kingdom of Italy.

Another notable individual with this surname was Aldo DeCarlo, an Italian-American artist and illustrator who was born in 1904 and is best known for creating the iconic character Josie and the Pussycats for Archie Comics.

Throughout history, other individuals with the DeCarlo surname have made their mark in various fields, such as Elia DeCarlo, an Italian-American mobster who lived from 1904 to 1961, and Vito DeCarlo, an Italian-American professional wrestler born in 1928.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DeCarlo

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

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

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