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

Viviano, 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 Viviano surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Viviano in America

Viviano is the 14579th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Viviano surname appeared 2,043 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Viviano.

We can also compare 2010 data for Viviano 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 Viviano

The surname VIVIANO originated in Italy during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Latin name Vivianus, which itself comes from the Latin word "vivus" meaning "alive" or "lively." This suggests that the name may have originally been a nickname or descriptive name given to someone with a vibrant personality or energetic nature.

The VIVIANO name is most closely associated with the regions of Sicily and Calabria in southern Italy, where it first appeared in historical records as early as the 11th century. Some of the earliest known references to this surname can be found in Sicilian and Calabrian municipal archives and church registries from that time period.

One notable early bearer of the VIVIANO name was Filippo Viviano, a 13th century nobleman and landowner from the town of Messina in Sicily. Records show that he held significant property and influence in the region during the reign of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in southern Italy.

Another historical figure with this surname was Giovanni Viviano, a 15th century Sicilian scholar and humanist writer who authored several works on philosophy and classical literature. He was born in Palermo around 1430 and died in Rome in 1499.

In the 16th century, a branch of the VIVIANO family settled in the town of Altomonte in the province of Cosenza, Calabria. One member of this line, Giambattista Viviano, was a noted lawyer and jurist who served as a magistrate in Naples in the late 1500s.

Beyond Italy, the VIVIANO surname also has a presence in other parts of Europe and the Americas, likely due to emigration from the ancestral homeland over the centuries. For example, there are documented cases of individuals named VIVIANO living in Spain and Portugal as early as the 17th century.

In more recent history, notable bearers of the VIVIANO surname include the Italian sculptor Natale Viviano (1885-1973) and the American actor Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson in 1956), whose mother's maiden name was Viviano.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Viviano

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

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

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