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

Tomasso, 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 Tomasso surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tomasso in America

Tomasso is the 32792nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tomasso surname appeared 700 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 Tomasso.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tomasso 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 Tomasso

The surname Tomasso originated in Italy during the late Middle Ages. It is derived from the Italian form of the male given name Thomas, which itself comes from the Aramaic name Toma meaning "twin." The earliest recorded instances of the Tomasso surname date back to the 13th century in various regions of Italy, including Tuscany, Lombardy, and Sicily.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Tomasso surname was Tomasso d'Aquino, an Italian philosopher and theologian who lived from 1225 to 1274. He is better known as Thomas Aquinas, and his writings had a profound influence on Western thought and Catholic doctrine.

During the Renaissance period, the Tomasso surname gained prominence in several Italian city-states. Notable individuals from this era include Tomasso Masaccio (1401-1428), an influential painter from Florence, and Tomasso Campanella (1568-1639), a philosopher and writer from Calabria.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Tomasso name spread throughout various parts of Europe as Italian families migrated to other regions. For example, the composer Tomasso Albinoni (1671-1751) was born in Venice but spent much of his career in Dresden, Germany.

Another notable bearer of the Tomasso surname was Tomasso Aniello, also known as Masaniello (1622-1647), a Neapolitan fisherman who led a famous revolt against Spanish rule in Naples in 1647.

As Italian immigrants began arriving in the Americas in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Tomasso surname established itself in countries like the United States, Canada, and Argentina. One prominent figure from this era was Tomasso Tittoni (1855-1923), an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1904 to 1905.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tomasso

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

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

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