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

Inocente, 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 Inocente surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Inocente in America

Inocente is the 93513th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Inocente surname appeared 196 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 Inocente.

We can also compare 2010 data for Inocente 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 Inocente

The surname Inocente originated in Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Spanish and Portuguese word "inocente," meaning "innocent" or "blameless." This surname likely emerged as a descriptive name for someone perceived as guileless, virtuous, or lacking malice.

Inocente was a relatively uncommon surname in the early medieval period, but its usage increased in the 13th and 14th centuries. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the 1285 Catastro de la Enajenación de El Real, a Castilian tax roll.

In the 15th century, the Inocente surname appeared in several historical documents from the Iberian region. For instance, Gonzalo Inocente was a nobleman from Seville mentioned in the Crónica de Juan II de Castilla, a chronicle of King John II of Castile's reign (1406-1454).

During the 16th century, as Spain and Portugal expanded their colonial empires, the Inocente surname spread to the Americas. Notable figures from this period include Fray Juan Inocente (1530-1604), a Spanish Dominican friar and missionary in Mexico, and Bartolomé Inocente (1570-1624), a Portuguese explorer and cartographer who mapped parts of Brazil.

In the 17th century, the Inocente surname emerged in various European regions beyond the Iberian Peninsula. One example is Hans Inocente (1625-1697), a German artist and engraver who worked in Amsterdam.

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, individuals with the Inocente surname contributed to various fields. Notable figures include María Inocente Robredo (1770-1842), a Spanish nun and writer; António Inocente da Costa (1810-1877), a Portuguese physician and professor; and José Inocente Aparicio (1845-1923), a Chilean politician and lawyer.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Inocente

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

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

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