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

Iannitti, 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 Iannitti surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Iannitti in America

Iannitti is the 115034th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Iannitti surname appeared 152 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 Iannitti.

We can also compare 2010 data for Iannitti 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 Iannitti

The surname Iannitti originated in Italy during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Medieval Italian given name Iannutius or Iannutio, which itself is a diminutive form of the Latin name Ianuarius. The name Ianuarius was a popular Roman name derived from the ancient Roman god of beginnings and endings, Janus.

Iannitti was a surname that emerged in various regions of Italy, including Campania, Lazio, and Abruzzo. It is believed to have first appeared in written records as early as the 11th century, although the earliest known bearers of the name date back to the 13th century.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Iannitti can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Regni Siciliae, a collection of medieval documents from the Kingdom of Sicily. In this document, a certain Robertus Iannitti is mentioned in a land transaction dated 1265.

In the 14th century, the name Iannitti appeared in the Rationes Decimarum Italiae, a papal tax record from the Papal States. This document lists several individuals with the surname Iannitti, including Petrus Iannitti from the town of Alatri in the province of Frosinone.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals with the surname Iannitti. One such person was Domenico Iannitti (1621-1694), an Italian painter and architect from Naples who worked in the Baroque style. Another was Antonio Iannitti (1756-1832), an Italian composer and music theorist who served as the Maestro di Cappella at the Cathedral of Capua.

In the 19th century, Giuseppe Iannitti (1836-1915) was an Italian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Additionally, Vincenzo Iannitti (1851-1924) was an Italian prelate who served as the Bishop of Penne and Atri from 1904 until his death.

A more recent notable bearer of the name was Ettore Iannitti (1916-1989), an Italian politician and journalist who served as a member of the Italian Senate for several terms in the latter half of the 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Iannitti

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

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

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