Last Name IMPERIAL

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Meaning	Not available

Origin	Portuguese

Rank	18,748 (2000 US census)	26,447 (1990 US census)

Count	1,353 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

33.19%, or 449 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.55%, or 21 total occurrences, as black,
32.89%, or 445 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
5.25%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
26.53%, or 359 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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