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

Salpietro, 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 Salpietro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Salpietro in America

Salpietro is the 113155th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Salpietro surname appeared 155 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 Salpietro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Salpietro 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 Salpietro

The surname Salpietro originates from Sicily, Italy, and dates back to the 15th century. It is believed to be derived from the Italian words "salpe" meaning "rocky cliff" and "pietra" meaning "stone," suggesting a connection to a person or family who lived near or on a rocky cliff.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Salpietro can be found in a manuscript from the town of Castelbuono, Sicily, dated around 1480. This document mentions a certain Antonino Salpietro, a landowner and farmer in the region.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Salpietro name appeared in various Sicilian records, including marriage registers and land deeds. One notable figure was Giovanni Salpietro, a merchant from Palermo who traded goods with other Mediterranean ports in the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, the Salpietro family had established themselves as a respectable lineage in the town of Castellammare del Golfo, where they owned vineyards and olive groves. A famous Salpietro from this era was Antonio Salpietro (1712-1789), a renowned sculptor whose works adorned several churches in western Sicily.

As the name spread beyond Sicily, it adopted variations such as Salpietra and Salpieteri in other parts of Italy and in regions with Sicilian immigrants, like Argentina and the United States. One of the earliest recorded instances of the Salpietro name in the United States comes from the 1820 census, where a Giuseppe Salpietro is listed as a resident of New Orleans.

Other notable individuals with the Salpietro surname include Vincenzo Salpietro (1875-1942), an Italian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy in the Italian parliament; Maria Salpietro (1898-1976), an Italian actress active in the early years of Italian cinema; and Domenico Salpietro (1920-2002), a Sicilian sculptor and painter whose works captured the essence of rural Sicilian life.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Salpietro

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

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

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