Patricia Family History

Probably an altered form of a certain Italian or Spanish surname like Patrizio and Patricio under the influence of the personal name Patricia (meaning ‘daughter of a noble father member of the patrician class’ in Latin).

— Note: It is likely that in the population figure published by the US Census Bureau (which dropped from 832 in the year 2000 to 426 in the year 2010) the personal name Patricia of some American bearers is also counted as a surname.

Some of these bearers may be from countries such as Indonesia where (hereditary) surnames are not in general use; their personal name was thus registered as a surname only after their immigration to the US.