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

Violante, 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 Violante surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Violante in America

Violante is the 21568th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Violante surname appeared 1,210 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 Violante.

We can also compare 2010 data for Violante 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 Violante

The surname Violante originated in Italy during the late medieval period. It derives from the Italian word "viola" meaning violet, the distinctive purple flower. The earliest known instances of the Violante surname can be traced back to central and southern regions of Italy, particularly around Florence and Naples.

One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Violante is found in a 13th century Florentine manuscript referencing a merchant family with the surname. By the mid-14th century, the surname had spread throughout the Italian peninsula and could also be found in Sicily under slightly modified spellings like Violanti.

Notably, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria was a noblewoman born in 1673 who married Ferdinand de' Medici, the son of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her marriage helped forge an alliance between the ruling Medici family and the House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria.

In the 16th century, the surname made its way to Spain, likely carried by Italian immigrants or through marriages between noble families. Francisco Violante, a Spanish painter born in 1614, gained recognition for his religious artworks and portraits commissioned by the Spanish crown.

Over time, the Violante name continued to disperse across Europe, particularly taking root in France and Portugal. Jacques Violante, born in 1684 in Marseille, France, was a skilled architect who designed several notable churches and public buildings in Provence.

Maria Violante de Portugal, born in 1711, was an Infanta of Portugal who later became Queen consort of Sardinia through her marriage to Charles Emmanuel III. Their son, Victor Amadeus III, went on to rule as King of Sardinia from 1773 to 1796.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Violante

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

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

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