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

Guarascio, 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 Guarascio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guarascio in America

Guarascio is the 52482nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guarascio surname appeared 395 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 Guarascio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guarascio 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 Guarascio

The surname Guarascio has its origins in the southern Italian region of Calabria. It is believed to have derived from the medieval Italian word "guarasco," which referred to a type of wild plant or shrub. This suggests that the name may have initially been a nickname or descriptive term for someone who lived near or worked with these plants.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a document from the town of Gerace, Calabria, dating back to the 15th century. This document mentions a certain Nicola Guarascio, who was a landowner in the area.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname Guarascio appears in various records from the Calabrian provinces of Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia. Some notable individuals from this period include Girolamo Guarascio, a physician who practiced in the city of Reggio Calabria in the late 16th century, and Francesco Guarascio, a lawyer and writer from Vibo Valentia in the early 17th century.

As the name spread to other parts of Italy and beyond, different spelling variations emerged, such as Guarasci, Guarascia, and Guarascio. One notable figure was Giovanni Battista Guarasci, an Italian painter from Naples who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

In the 19th century, the Guarascio surname can be found among Italian immigrants to the Americas. For example, Antonio Guarascio was a prominent businessman and community leader in New York City's Little Italy neighborhood in the late 1800s.

Another noteworthy individual with this surname was Vincenzo Guarascio, a writer and journalist from Calabria who lived from 1891 to 1968. He published numerous works on the history and culture of his native region.

As the centuries passed, the Guarascio surname continued to spread and evolve, with various branches of the family leaving their mark in different parts of the world. Despite its humble origins as a descriptive nickname, the name has endured and become a part of the rich tapestry of Italian surnames.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guarascio

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

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

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