How common is the surname Amoroso?

3,498 people in the United States had the surname Amoroso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. It ranked 9,307th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amoroso?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Amoroso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Amoroso?

Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian association football player, followed by Alceu Amoroso Lima.

Where is the surname Amoroso most common?

Wikidata records people named Amoroso in Brazil.

Is the surname Amoroso getting more or less common?

More common. 3,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,498 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Amoroso

An Italian surname, carried by 3,498 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amoroso is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Amoroso.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,498 people named Amoroso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,303.

#9,307

rank among US surnames

3,498

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,298	Spitz	3,500	88,213
#9,301	Robillard	3,499	88,238
#9,307	Amoroso	3,498	88,263
#9,311	Six	3,497	88,289
#9,313	Barreras	3,496	88,314
#9,314	Elswick	3,495	88,339

Who is named Amoroso

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

88% of people named Amoroso identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amorosos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Márcio Amoroso
Brazilian association football player, born 1974
Alceu Amoroso Lima
Brazilian writer, journalist and activist (1893-1983)

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amoroso come from?: Borrowed from Italian Amoroso.
How common is the surname Amoroso?: 3,498 people in the United States had the surname Amoroso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. It ranked 9,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amoroso?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Amoroso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Amoroso?: Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian association football player, followed by Alceu Amoroso Lima.
Where is the surname Amoroso most common?: Wikidata records people named Amoroso in Brazil.
Is the surname Amoroso getting more or less common?: More common. 3,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,498 in 2010, up 5.9%.