How common is the surname Adamo?

3,647 people in the United States had the surname Adamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,657 Americans. It ranked 8,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Adamo?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Adamo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Adamo?

Salvatore Adamo, Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer, followed by Mark Adamo.

Where is the surname Adamo most common?

Wikidata records people named Adamo in Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Adamo getting more or less common?

More common. 3,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,647 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Adamo

A surname, carried by 3,647 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adamo is more common than 94.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,647 people named Adamo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,657 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,496.

#8,971

rank among US surnames

3,647

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,967	Braddy	3,650	84,588
#8,968	Markus	3,649	84,611
#8,969	Spindler	3,648	84,634
#8,971	Harshman	3,647	84,657

Who is named Adamo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Adamo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Adamos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Salvatore Adamo
Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer, born 1943
Mark Adamo
American composer and librettist (born 1962)

Notable Adamos come mostly from Belgium (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Adamo

Adamo has the Soundex code A350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A350.

Questions

How common is the surname Adamo?: 3,647 people in the United States had the surname Adamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,657 Americans. It ranked 8,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adamo?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Adamo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Adamo?: Salvatore Adamo, Belgian recording artist of Italian birth; musician, songwriter, singer, followed by Mark Adamo.
Where is the surname Adamo most common?: Wikidata records people named Adamo in Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Adamo getting more or less common?: More common. 3,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,647 in 2010, up 4.3%.