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

Giuliani, 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 Giuliani surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Giuliani in America

Giuliani is the 16179th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Giuliani surname appeared 1,786 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 Giuliani.

We can also compare 2010 data for Giuliani 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 Giuliani

The surname Giuliani originated in Italy during the medieval period. It is an Italian patronymic surname derived from the personal name Giuliano, which is the Italian form of the Roman name Julianus. Julianus was a derivative of the name Julius, which was derived from the ancient Roman family name Julii.

The name Giuliani first appeared in records from the 13th century in various regions of Italy, including Tuscany, Lombardy, and the Veneto. It was particularly prevalent in the cities of Florence, Siena, and Venice, where many notable individuals bore this surname.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Giuliani can be found in the Florentine Codex of 1298, which mentions a merchant named Giovanni Giuliani. Another early reference is in the Venetian Chronicles of 1322, which mentions a nobleman named Marco Giuliani.

In the 15th century, the Giuliani family of Florence produced several notable figures, including the humanist scholar Pietro Giuliani (1420-1490) and the renowned artist Girolamo Giuliani (1445-1512), whose frescoes can still be seen in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence.

The Giuliani surname also has a connection to the city of Siena, where a family of that name played a prominent role in the city's political and cultural life during the Renaissance. One notable member was the poet and diplomat Pandolfo Giuliani (1475-1550), who served as an ambassador for the Republic of Siena.

In the 16th century, the Venetian branch of the Giuliani family produced several notable figures, including the architect and sculptor Jacopo Giuliani (1510-1578), who contributed to the construction of the Doge's Palace in Venice.

Other notable individuals with the surname Giuliani include the Italian composer and violinist Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829), the Italian painter and engraver Giovanni Battista Giuliani (1763-1824), and the Italian scholar and writer Giambattista Giuliani (1818-1884), who was a prominent figure in the Italian Risorgimento movement.

These are just a few examples of the many individuals who have borne the surname Giuliani throughout history, reflecting its deep roots and significance in various regions of Italy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Giuliani

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

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

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