How common is the surname Alfaro?

35,725 people in the United States had the surname Alfaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,642 Americans. It ranked 975th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alfaro?

Gustavo Alfaro, Argentine football player and manager, followed by Roque Alfaro.

Where is the surname Alfaro most common?

Wikidata records people named Alfaro in the United States, Uruguay and Argentina and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Alfaro getting more or less common?

More common. 24,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,725 in 2010, up 48%.

The surname Alfaro

A Spanish place surname, carried by 35,725 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alfaro is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

Alfaro is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 35,725 people named Alfaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,642 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,108.

#975

rank among US surnames

35,725

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+48.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,346)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#966	Church	36,072	8,559
#967	Schmitt	36,043	8,566
#968	Stanton	35,997	8,577
#969	Leal	35,958	8,586
#970	Cherry	35,877	8,606
#971	Compton	35,830	8,617
#972	Dudley	35,781	8,629

Who is named Alfaro

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

93% of people named Alfaro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Alfaros

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gustavo Alfaro
Argentine football player and manager, born 1962
Roque Alfaro
Argentine footballer and manager, born 1956
Enrique Alfaro
Association football player, born 1974
Rosie Alfaro
American murderer currently on California's death row, born 1971
Luis Alfaro
American actor, writer and theater director (born 1963)
Vanessa Alfaro
Bolivian designer, entrepreneur, model and actress based in Los Angeles, born 1983

Notable Alfaros come mostly from the United States (2), Uruguay (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alfaro

Alfaro has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alfaro come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Alfaro, a toponymic surname originating in Alfaro, La Rioja, most commonly used in Latin America.
How common is the surname Alfaro?: 35,725 people in the United States had the surname Alfaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,642 Americans. It ranked 975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alfaro?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Alfaro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alfaro?: Gustavo Alfaro, Argentine football player and manager, followed by Roque Alfaro.
Where is the surname Alfaro most common?: Wikidata records people named Alfaro in the United States, Uruguay and Argentina and 2 other countries.
What type of surname is Alfaro?: Alfaro is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Alfaro getting more or less common?: More common. 24,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,725 in 2010, up 48%.