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

DePasquale, 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 DePasquale surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DePasquale in America

DePasquale is the 9836th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DePasquale surname appeared 3,290 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 DePasquale.

We can also compare 2010 data for DePasquale 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 DePasquale

The surname DePasquale originated in Italy during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Italian words "de" meaning "from" and "Pasquale" which is the Italian form of the Latin name "Paschalis" meaning "related to Easter." This suggests the name may have been originally bestowed upon someone born around the Easter holiday.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a 15th century Sicilian census record from the town of Milazzo. Here, a man named Antonino DePasquale is listed as a landowner and prominent citizen. The spelling at that time was sometimes rendered as "Di Pasquale."

Another early reference comes from a 16th century document from the Vatican archives mentioning a cleric named Giovanni DePasquale who served as a papal scribe under Pope Clement VII in the 1520s. This shows the name had spread to Rome by that point.

In the 17th century, the surname appears in records from the city of Naples. A wealthy merchant named Gaspare DePasquale is documented as having lived there in the 1660s and owned several trading ships. The name was sometimes spelled "De Pasquali" in this region.

One notable bearer of this surname was Nicola DePasquale, an Italian composer and musician born in Palermo, Sicily in 1834. He wrote several operas that were performed across Italy during his lifetime before his death in 1899.

Another was Gaetano DePasquale, born in Naples in 1789, who became a prominent lawyer and judge. He authored several influential legal texts and served on the Neapolitan high court until his passing in 1867.

By the 19th century, the DePasquale name had also spread to South America, likely carried by Italian immigrants. Records show a Francisco DePasquale, born in Genoa in 1819, settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he worked as a merchant and banker before his death in 1892.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DePasquale

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

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

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