# Alfaro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alfaro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,725 |
| US rank (2010) | 975 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (24,108 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alfaro, a toponymic surname originating in Alfaro, La Rioja, most commonly used in Latin America.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alfaro in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alfaro in the United States, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico and Bolivia.

## People named Alfaro

- Gustavo Alfaro, Argentine football player and manager
- Roque Alfaro, Argentine footballer and manager
- Enrique Alfaro, association football player
- Rosie Alfaro, American murderer currently on California's death row
- Luis Alfaro, American actor, writer and theater director (born 1963)
- Vanessa Alfaro, Bolivian designer, entrepreneur, model and actress based in Los Angeles

## Similar surnames

Alfieri, Alvear, Álvaro, Alfrey, Alviar, Alvarado, Alford, Alfred, Albarado, Alvardo, Albro, Alferez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.