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

Marungo, 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 Marungo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Marungo in America

Marungo is the 107669th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Marungo surname appeared 165 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 Marungo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Marungo 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 Marungo

The surname Marungo is believed to have originated in Italy, specifically in the region of Piedmont. The earliest recorded instances of this name date back to the late 15th century.

Marungo is thought to be derived from the Italian word "marunga," which referred to a type of chestnut. It is possible that the name was initially given as a nickname or descriptive term to someone who lived near chestnut trees or worked with chestnuts.

In the 16th century, there are records of a family named Marungo residing in the town of Asti, located in the Piedmont region. One notable member of this family was Giovanni Marungo, a merchant and landowner who lived from 1530 to 1598.

The name Marungo can also be found in historical documents from the neighboring region of Liguria. In the 17th century, a man named Pietro Marungo was a respected lawyer and judge in the city of Genoa, born in 1612 and died in 1688.

During the 18th century, the Marungo surname began to spread across other parts of Italy. In the records of the city of Naples, there is mention of a family of artists and sculptors bearing the name Marungo, with the most prominent being Antonio Marungo, who lived from 1720 to 1795.

As Italian immigration increased in the 19th century, the Marungo name started to appear in other parts of the world. In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name is that of Giuseppe Marungo, an immigrant from Piedmont who settled in New York City in the 1860s and worked as a stonemason.

Another notable individual with the Marungo surname was Enrico Marungo, an Italian politician and journalist born in Turin in 1868. He played a significant role in the socialist movement in Italy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

While the surname Marungo is not among the most common in Italy, it has a rich history and can be traced back several centuries to its origins in the Piedmont region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Marungo

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

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

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