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

DeFilippo, 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 DeFilippo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DeFilippo in America

DeFilippo is the 10731st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DeFilippo surname appeared 2,975 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 DeFilippo.

We can also compare 2010 data for DeFilippo 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 DeFilippo

DeFilippo is an Italian surname that originated in southern Italy, particularly in the regions of Campania, Calabria, and Sicily. The name is a patronymic derived from the personal name Filippo, which means "lover of horses" in Greek.

The earliest known record of the DeFilippo surname dates back to the 13th century in the town of Amalfi, located in the province of Salerno, Campania. In a manuscript from 1275, a certain Nicola DeFilippo is mentioned as a merchant in the local trade guild.

During the 14th and 15th centuries, the DeFilippo name can be found in various historical documents from the Kingdom of Naples, such as tax records and land registries. One notable example is Giovanni DeFilippo, a nobleman from Calabria who served as a military captain under King Alfonso V of Aragon in the mid-15th century.

In the 16th century, the DeFilippo family spread across other parts of southern Italy, including Sicily. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname in Sicily was Vincenzo DeFilippo, born in Palermo in 1548, who was a renowned artist and painter during the Italian Renaissance.

Another notable figure in the history of the DeFilippo surname is Gaetano DeFilippo, a Neapolitan playwright and actor who lived from 1829 to 1889. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Neapolitan theatrical tradition and wrote several popular comedies in the Neapolitan dialect.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many individuals with the DeFilippo surname immigrated to the United States, particularly to New York City, where they established a significant Italian-American community. One of the most famous DeFilippos was Edward V. DeFilippo, born in 1922, who served as a United States Representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 1975 to 1983.

Other notable individuals with the DeFilippo surname include Maria DeFilippo, an Italian businesswoman and philanthropist who founded the DeFilippo Foundation in Naples in the early 20th century, and Sergio DeFilippo, an Italian-American film director and screenwriter born in 1950, known for his work in independent cinema.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DeFilippo

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

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

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