The surname Amparo
A surname, carried by 1,553 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A516
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,553 people named Amparo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 988.
#17,980
rank among US surnames
1,553
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+57.2%
change since 2000 (was #23,863)
Who is named Amparo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Amparo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Amparo
Amparo 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 Amparo?
- 1,553 people in the United States had the surname Amparo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Amparo?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Amparo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Amparo getting more or less common?
- More common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 57%.