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

Pisacano, 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 Pisacano surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pisacano in America

Pisacano is the 116829th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pisacano surname appeared 149 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 Pisacano.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pisacano 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 Pisacano

The surname Pisacano originates from Italy, specifically from the regions of Campania and Calabria. It is believed to have derived from the Italian word "pisano," which means someone from the city of Pisa. The name likely emerged in the 12th or 13th century, during the height of the maritime republic of Pisa, when many Pisans were establishing settlements and trading outposts throughout the Mediterranean region.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Pisacano surname can be found in the medieval Codex Diplomaticus Cavensis, a collection of documents from the Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni in Campania. The codex contains a reference to a certain "Petrus Pisacano" in a legal document dated around 1230.

In the 14th century, the name appears in the historical records of the Kingdom of Naples, where a nobleman named Goffredo Pisacano is mentioned as a courtier in the service of King Robert of Anjou, who reigned from 1309 to 1343.

During the Renaissance period, the Pisacano family rose to prominence in the city of Naples. One notable member was Giovan Battista Pisacano, a 16th-century humanist scholar and poet who was celebrated for his Latin and Italian works. He was born in 1513 and lived until approximately 1580.

In the 17th century, the Pisacano name was associated with the town of Cava de' Tirreni, where a family of that surname held landholdings and played a role in local politics. A certain Francesco Pisacano, born in 1625, served as a magistrate and councilor in the municipal government of Cava.

Another noteworthy figure was Enrico Pisacano, a 19th-century Italian revolutionary and military leader who played a significant role in the Risorgimento, the movement for Italian unification. He was born in Naples in 1815 and died in 1857 after leading an unsuccessful revolutionary expedition to Sapri, Campania.

Throughout its history, the Pisacano surname has been subject to various spellings and variations, such as Pisacana, Pisacani, and Pisacane. These variations often reflected regional dialects and local pronunciations of the name within different parts of Italy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pisacano

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

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

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