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

Verna, 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 Verna surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Verna in America

Verna is the 20057th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Verna surname appeared 1,333 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 Verna.

We can also compare 2010 data for Verna 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 Verna

The surname Verna has its origins in Italy, where it first emerged in the region of Tuscany during the medieval period. The name is derived from the Latin word "vernus," which means "of the spring" or "vernal." This suggests that the original bearers of the name may have been associated with springtime or agricultural activities related to the spring season.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Verna can be found in the Florentine Priorista, a historical record that lists the names of the rulers (Priori) of Florence from the 13th to the 16th century. In this document, a certain Bartolomeo di Verna is mentioned as serving as a Prior in 1286.

The surname Verna also appears in various other Italian historical records, such as the Catasto Fiorentino of 1427, which was a tax register compiled in Florence during the Renaissance period. This document includes several individuals with the surname Verna, indicating that the name was well-established in the region by that time.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the surname Verna was Francesco Verna, a Florentine painter born around 1520. He was known for his religious works and contributed to the decoration of several churches in Florence and its surroundings.

Another individual of historical significance was Giovanni Battista Verna, a 17th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer from Milan. He was born in 1624 and made contributions to the field of celestial mechanics, collaborating with notable figures such as Galileo Galilei.

Towards the end of the 18th century, a prominent bearer of the surname was Giacomo Verna, an Italian poet and playwright born in Turin in 1765. He gained recognition for his works in the Piedmontese dialect and was a member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.

In the 19th century, a notable figure was Giuseppe Verna, an Italian painter and engraver born in Verona in 1822. He was renowned for his landscape paintings and engravings depicting scenes from the Veneto region.

The surname Verna can also be found in various place names across Italy, such as Verna, a village in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. This place name likely derived from the same Latin root as the surname and may have influenced its development in the region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Verna

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

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

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