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    The surname Ambrosio

    A surname, carried by 3,963 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A516

    Ambrosio: #8,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ambrosio #8,353, 3,963 people Ambrosio: #8,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ambrosio #8,353, 3,963 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ambrosio is more common than 94.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,963 people named Ambrosio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,907 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,039.

    #8,353
    rank among US surnames
    3,963
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,820)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,345Graybill3,96777,828
    #8,348Jessop3,96577,868
    #8,350Despain3,96477,887
    #8,353Ambrosio3,96377,907
    #8,356Hiles3,96277,927
    #8,359Brunk3,96177,946
    #8,361Mounts3,96077,966

    Who is named Ambrosio

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

    50% of people named Ambrosio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ambrosios

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alessandra Ambrosio
      Brazilian model, born 1981
    • Felizardo Ambrosio
      Angolan basketball player (born 1987)

    Notable Ambrosios come mostly from the United States (1) and Angola (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ambrosio

    Ambrosio has the Soundex code A516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ambrosio?
    3,963 people in the United States had the surname Ambrosio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,907 Americans. It ranked 8,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ambrosio?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Ambrosio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ambrosio?
    Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model, followed by Felizardo Ambrosio.
    Where is the surname Ambrosio most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ambrosio in the United States and Angola.
    Is the surname Ambrosio getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,963 in 2010, up 30%.