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

Incerto, 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 Incerto surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Incerto in America

Incerto is the 156044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Incerto surname appeared 104 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 Incerto.

We can also compare 2010 data for Incerto 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 Incerto

The surname Incerto has its origins in Italy, tracing back to the late medieval period. Derived from the Italian word "incerto," meaning uncertain or unsure, it is believed to have originally referred to someone with an indecisive or unpredictable nature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Incerto can be found in a 14th-century manuscript from the town of Arezzo in Tuscany, where a certain Niccolo Incerto is mentioned as a local merchant. This suggests that the name may have initially been concentrated in the Central Italian region.

During the Renaissance era, the Incerto name appears to have spread to other parts of Italy, with records indicating the presence of families bearing this surname in cities like Florence, Bologna, and Venice. A notable figure from this time was Giovanni Battista Incerto, a 16th-century artist and architect from Milan, known for his work on several churches and palaces.

In the 17th century, the Incerto name gained some prominence in the Kingdom of Naples, where a branch of the family had established itself. One of the more notable individuals was Girolamo Incerto, a lawyer and judge who served as a magistrate in the city of Naples during the late 1600s.

As Italy experienced waves of emigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Incerto surname also made its way to other parts of the world. In the United States, for instance, records show the arrival of several Incerto families from Italy during this period, with many settling in communities with large Italian-American populations.

Among the earliest recorded Incertos in the United States was Antonio Incerto, born in 1845 in the Abruzzo region of Italy, who immigrated to New York City in the late 1800s. Another notable figure was Carlo Incerto, an Italian-American artist and sculptor active in the early 20th century, whose works can be found in various public spaces and museums across the country.

Over the centuries, the Incerto surname has also been associated with various place names and locations in Italy, such as the town of Incerto in the province of Asti, Piedmont, and the village of Incerto Nuovo in the province of Salerno, Campania.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Incerto

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

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

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