How common is the surname Asaro?

1,871 people in the United States had the surname Asaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Asaro?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Asaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Asaro?

Catherine Asaro, American science-fiction writer.

Where is the surname Asaro most common?

Wikidata records people named Asaro in the United States.

Is the surname Asaro getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Asaro

An Italian surname, carried by 1,871 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Asaro is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Asaro.

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 1,871 people named Asaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,884.

#15,615

rank among US surnames

1,871

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,503)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,606	Pines	1,873	164,840
#15,611	Giesler	1,872	164,928
#15,615	Stockstill	1,871	165,016

Who is named Asaro

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

92% of people named Asaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Asaros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Catherine Asaro
American science-fiction writer, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Asaro

Asaro has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Asaro come from?: Borrowed from Italian Asaro.
How common is the surname Asaro?: 1,871 people in the United States had the surname Asaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Asaro?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Asaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Asaro?: Catherine Asaro, American science-fiction writer.
Where is the surname Asaro most common?: Wikidata records people named Asaro in the United States.
Is the surname Asaro getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, down 0.7%.