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

Iacobellis, 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 Iacobellis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Iacobellis in America

Iacobellis is the 82613th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Iacobellis surname appeared 228 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 Iacobellis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Iacobellis 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 Iacobellis

The surname Iacobellis is of Italian origin, specifically from the regions of Campania and Calabria in southern Italy. It is believed to have originated in the 15th or 16th century.

Iacobellis is derived from the personal name Iacobello, which is a diminutive form of the Italian name Iacopo, itself derived from the Latin name Iacobus, meaning "supplanter" or "one who follows". The suffix "-is" or "-ellis" was commonly added to Italian surnames to indicate a family or lineage.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Iacobellis can be found in the records of the town of Montecorvino Rovella in the province of Salerno, Campania, dating back to the late 16th century. It is also found in historical records from the nearby town of Battipaglia.

In the 17th century, a notable figure with the surname Iacobellis was Antonio Iacobellis, a lawyer and jurist from Montecorvino Rovella, who served as a magistrate in the Neapolitan court system.

Another early record of the name comes from the town of Nicastro (now Lamezia Terme) in the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, where a family by the name of Iacobellis is mentioned in church records from the late 17th century.

In the 19th century, Giuseppe Iacobellis (1825-1887) was a prominent lawyer and politician from Battipaglia, Campania, who served as a member of the Italian parliament.

Vincenzo Iacobellis (1876-1958) was an Italian artist and painter from Montecorvino Rovella, known for his landscapes and religious works, many of which can be found in churches and museums in the region.

Another notable figure was Pasquale Iacobellis (1901-1985), a philosopher and professor of aesthetics at the University of Naples, who wrote extensively on the philosophy of art and beauty.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Iacobellis

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

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

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