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

Ludovico, 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 Ludovico surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ludovico in America

Ludovico is the 58604th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ludovico surname appeared 346 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 Ludovico.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ludovico 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 Ludovico

The surname Ludovico is of Italian origin, derived from the Latin name Ludovicus, which is the Latinized form of the Germanic name Hludwig or Chlodovechus. This name is composed of the elements "hlud" meaning "famous" and "wig" meaning "war" or "battle." The name can be traced back to the 5th century and the Merovingian dynasty of Frankish kings, particularly Clovis I, who was known as Chlodovechus in Latin.

Ludovico is a widespread surname in Italy, particularly in the regions of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna. It can be found in historical records dating back to the 12th century, such as the Codex Diplomaticus Cremonae, which mentions a certain Ludovico de Burgo in 1191.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the Ludovico surname is from the 13th century, when a nobleman named Ludovico Sforza was mentioned in the Annales Mediolanenses, a chronicle of medieval Milan. The Sforza family would later become one of the most powerful dynasties in Renaissance Italy, ruling over the Duchy of Milan.

Another notable figure bearing the Ludovico surname was Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), an Italian poet best known for his epic poem Orlando Furioso. Ariosto was born in Reggio Emilia and spent much of his life in the service of the Este family, rulers of Ferrara.

In the 16th century, Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619) was a prominent Italian painter and art instructor from Bologna. He co-founded the Accademia degli Incamminati, an influential art academy that helped shape the Baroque style in Italian painting.

Ludovico Lana Terzi (1631-1687) was an Italian Jesuit priest and scholar from Brescia. He is considered one of the pioneers of aeronautics, having designed and described a flying machine powered by four vacuum spheres, which was an early concept for a vacuum airship.

During the 18th century, Ludovico Manin (1725-1802) was the last Doge of Venice, serving from 1789 until the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797. He was born into a noble Venetian family and held various political and diplomatic positions before becoming the republic's leader.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ludovico

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

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

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