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

DiFeo, 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 DiFeo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DiFeo in America

DiFeo is the 70645th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DiFeo surname appeared 277 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 DiFeo.

We can also compare 2010 data for DiFeo 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 DiFeo

The surname DIFEO is of Italian origin, specifically from the regions of Campania and Calabria in southern Italy. It is believed to have originated in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century.

The name DIFEO is derived from the Italian phrase "di Feo," which literally translates to "of Feo." Feo was a medieval Italian personal name, itself a shortened form of the name Fidenzio or Fidenziano. This name has its roots in the Latin word "fidentia," meaning "confidence" or "trust."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname DIFEO can be found in the 15th-century Catasto Onciario, a tax record from the Kingdom of Naples. This document lists several individuals with the surname DIFEO residing in the town of Vico Equense, near Naples.

In the 16th century, the name DIFEO appears in various municipal records from the town of Lauria in the province of Potenza, Basilicata. One notable individual was Giovan Battista DIFEO, a landowner and local official who lived from around 1530 to 1610.

Another historical figure bearing the surname DIFEO was Francesco DIFEO, a lawyer and judge from the city of Cosenza in Calabria. He was born in 1678 and served as a magistrate in the judicial system of the Kingdom of Naples.

In the 18th century, the DIFEO family had established itself in the town of Acri, in the province of Cosenza. A prominent member of this branch was Antonio DIFEO, a wealthy landowner and philanthropist who lived from 1735 to 1810.

A more recent notable individual with the surname DIFEO was Domenico DIFEO, an Italian-American businessman and philanthropist from New York City. He was born in Calabria in 1890 and immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, where he founded a successful construction company.

While the surname DIFEO is still found primarily in southern Italy, particularly in the regions of Campania, Calabria, and Basilicata, it has also spread to other parts of Italy and beyond through migration and diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DiFeo

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

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

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