How common is the surname Arroyo?

50,614 people in the United States had the surname Arroyo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,100 Americans. It ranked 678th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Arroyo?

Martina Arroyo, American opera singer (1936–2026), followed by Esther Arroyo.

Where is the surname Arroyo most common?

Wikidata records people named Arroyo in the United States, Spain and Argentina.

Is the surname Arroyo getting more or less common?

More common. 37,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,614 in 2010, up 34%.

The surname Arroyo

A Spanish surname, carried by 50,614 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arroyo is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

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 50,614 people named Arroyo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,100 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,678.

#678

rank among US surnames

50,614

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+34.3%

change since 2000 (was #833)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#669	Glenn	51,043	6,049
#670	Cisneros	50,920	6,063
#671	Harrell	50,837	6,073
#672	Shields	50,832	6,074
#673	Rubio	50,788	6,079
#674	Huffman	50,786	6,079
#676	Boyer	50,742	6,085

Who is named Arroyo

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

93% of people named Arroyo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Arroyos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martina Arroyo
American opera singer (1936–2026)
Esther Arroyo
Actress, born 1968
Raymond Arroyo
American author, journalist, and producer, born 1970
Bronson Arroyo
Baseball player from the United States, born 1977
Gabriel Arroyo
Argentinian volleyball player, born 1977

Notable Arroyos come mostly from the United States (3), Spain (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arroyo

Arroyo has the Soundex code A600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A600.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Arroyo come from?: Arroyo is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Arroyo?: 50,614 people in the United States had the surname Arroyo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,100 Americans. It ranked 678th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arroyo?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Arroyo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Arroyo?: Martina Arroyo, American opera singer (1936–2026), followed by Esther Arroyo.
Where is the surname Arroyo most common?: Wikidata records people named Arroyo in the United States, Spain and Argentina.
Is the surname Arroyo getting more or less common?: More common. 37,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,614 in 2010, up 34%.