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

Dionisio, 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 Dionisio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dionisio in America

Dionisio is the 15223rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dionisio surname appeared 1,934 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 Dionisio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dionisio 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 Dionisio

The surname DIONISIO is of Greek origin, tracing its roots back to the ancient Greek name Dionysios, which was derived from the name of the Greek god Dionysus, the god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, and madness. The name Dionysios was a popular personal name among the Greeks and later spread throughout regions influenced by Greek culture and language.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname DIONISIO can be found in medieval Italian records, particularly in regions with a strong Greek cultural influence, such as Sicily and Southern Italy. The name was likely introduced to these areas during the Greek colonization of parts of Italy, which began in the 8th century BC.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname DIONISIO was Niccolò Dionisio, a 14th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer from Naples. He is credited with developing the first accurate table of tangents and is considered a pioneer in the field of trigonometry.

In the 15th century, the DIONISIO surname can be found in records from the Republic of Venice, where it was borne by members of the Venetian nobility. One notable figure was Girolamo Dionisio, a 16th-century Venetian architect and engineer who designed several important buildings and fortifications in Venice and other parts of the Venetian Republic.

As the name spread beyond Italy, it emerged in various spellings and forms in different regions. In Spain, for example, the surname appeared as Dionisio or Dionís, while in Portugal it was often spelled Dionizio or Dionísio.

One of the most famous bearers of the DIONISIO surname was Miguel Dionisio, a 17th-century Spanish painter known for his religious works and portraits. He was born in Madrid in 1594 and died in 1667, leaving behind a significant body of artwork that can be found in churches and museums throughout Spain.

Another notable figure with the DIONISIO surname was João Dionísio, a 19th-century Portuguese writer and journalist. Born in 1825, he was a prominent figure in the literary and political circles of his time and played an important role in the development of Portuguese journalism.

In the 20th century, the DIONISIO surname was borne by several accomplished individuals, including Massimo Dionisio, an Italian philosopher and literary critic born in 1907, and Enrique Dionisio, a Mexican artist and sculptor known for his abstract and modernist works, who lived from 1911 to 1992.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dionisio

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

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

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