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

Savio, 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 Savio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Savio in America

Savio is the 30509th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Savio surname appeared 765 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 Savio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Savio 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 Savio

The surname SAVIO originated in Italy, stemming from the medieval given name Savio, which itself derived from the Latin adjective "savius" meaning "wise" or "knowledgeable." The name first appeared in regions of northern Italy during the late medieval period, particularly in the areas around the cities of Genoa and Pavia.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SAVIO surname can be found in the 14th century Estimo, a census document from the Republic of Genoa. In this record, a certain Guglielmo Savio is listed as a resident of the city's Porta Vacca district. The name's prevalence in this region suggests it may have originated as a descriptive nickname for a particularly learned or sagacious individual.

By the 15th century, the SAVIO surname had spread to other parts of northern Italy, including the Piedmont region. A notable early bearer was Pietro Savio, a 15th century jurist and legal scholar from the town of Fossano. His writings on Roman law were highly influential during the Renaissance era.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the SAVIO name continued to be well-represented among the scholarly and ecclesiastical classes of Italy. One prominent example was Agostino Savio, a 17th century Jesuit priest and hagiographer from Milan who wrote extensively on the lives of saints. Another was the Baroque architect Francesco Savio, born in 1642 in Turin, who designed several notable churches and palazzi in his native Piedmont.

Moving into the modern era, the 19th century brought forth figures like Fedele Savio, an Italian patriot and fighter for his nation's unification who was born in Genoa in 1827. The early 20th century, meanwhile, saw the birth of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's spiritual mentor Don Giacomo Camisassa, whose full name at birth was Giacomo Savio Camisassa.

While predominantly an Italian surname, SAVIO has also been adopted by families in other nations with historical ties to Italy. One example is the 16th century Spanish admiral Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, whose wife María Savio was of Italian descent. Their son, Álvaro de Bazán y Savio, inherited the marquessate upon his father's death in 1588.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Savio

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

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

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