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

Georgiana, 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 Georgiana surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Georgiana in America

Georgiana is the 86981st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Georgiana surname appeared 214 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 Georgiana.

We can also compare 2010 data for Georgiana 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 Georgiana

The surname Georgiana has its origins in the Mediterranean region, specifically in Greece and Italy, and dates back to the Byzantine Empire and Ancient Rome. It is derived from the Greek name "Georgios," which means "farmer" or "earth-worker." The name was popularized during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Basil I, who was known as the "Georgian" due to his ancestry from the Georgian region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Georgiana can be found in the Codex Justinianus, a collection of laws compiled under the Roman Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century. The codex mentions a nobleman named Georgius Georgiana, who was a prominent landowner in the province of Illyricum.

During the Middle Ages, the surname Georgiana was prevalent in southern Italy, particularly in the regions of Apulia and Calabria. This is evidenced by several historical records and manuscripts from the period, including the Catalogus Baronum, a feudal census conducted in the Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century.

In the 13th century, a notable figure bearing the surname Georgiana was Georgius Georgiana, a Venetian merchant and diplomat who played a crucial role in negotiating trade agreements between the Republic of Venice and the Byzantine Empire.

Another prominent individual with the surname Georgiana was Maria Georgiana, a noble woman from the Kingdom of Naples who lived in the 15th century. She was renowned for her philanthropic work and her patronage of the arts, supporting many artists and intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance.

During the Renaissance, the surname Georgiana was also found in various regions of Greece, particularly in the Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands. One notable example is Georgios Georgiana, a Greek scholar and humanist from the island of Cephalonia, who lived in the 16th century and contributed significantly to the revival of classical Greek literature.

In the 17th century, the surname Georgiana was associated with several notable figures in the fields of art and literature. One such figure was Giacomo Georgiana, an Italian painter and architect from Naples, who was renowned for his frescoes and architectural designs in various churches and palaces throughout Italy.

As the centuries progressed, the surname Georgiana continued to be found in various parts of Europe, particularly in Italy, Greece, and other Mediterranean regions, reflecting the widespread influence of the Byzantine and Roman cultures in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Georgiana

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

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

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