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

Passarello, 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 Passarello surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Passarello in America

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

The Passarello 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 Passarello.

We can also compare 2010 data for Passarello 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 Passarello

The surname Passarello is of Italian origin, deriving from the regional Italian word "passaro," meaning "sparrow." It likely originated in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century, as a nickname or descriptive name for someone who resembled a sparrow in some way, such as being small or quick-moving.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in historical records from various regions of Italy, particularly in the northern and central areas. One notable early bearer was Giacomo Passarello, a merchant from Genoa documented in the year 1395. The name also appeared in the form "Passerello" in some medieval manuscripts from the Tuscany region.

In the 16th century, the Passarello surname is mentioned in connection with the town of Piacenza, where a family of that name held land and property. A certain Giovanni Battista Passarello, born in 1512, was a renowned scholar and writer from Piacenza who published several works on philosophy and theology.

During the Renaissance period, the name was also present in Venice, where a lineage of Passarello artists and architects emerged. The most famous of these was Antonio Passarello, born in 1572, who designed several notable churches and palaces in the Venetian Republic.

As the name spread across Italy over the centuries, it underwent variations in spelling, such as Passerelli, Passerello, and Passarella. One prominent bearer was the Italian lawyer and judge Gian Carlo Passarelli, born in 1819 in Rome, who played a significant role in the legal reforms of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy in the late 19th century.

Another notable figure was the Italian artist and sculptor Giacomo Passarello, born in 1865 in Naples, whose works were exhibited across Europe and the United States in the early 20th century. The name has also been associated with several distinguished academics, including the linguist and philologist Sergio Passarello, born in 1912 in Palermo, who made significant contributions to the study of Romance languages.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Passarello

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

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

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