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The surname Botero

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,644 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B360

Botero: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Botero #17,229, 1,644 people Botero: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Botero #17,229, 1,644 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Botero is more common than 89.4% 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 1,644 people named Botero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,238.

#17,229
rank among US surnames
1,644
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+32.8%
change since 2000 (was #20,041)

Who is named Botero

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

90% of people named Botero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
  • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Botero

Botero has the Soundex code B360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B360.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Botero come from?
Botero is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Botero?
1,644 people in the United States had the surname Botero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. It ranked 17,229th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Botero?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Botero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Botero getting more or less common?
More common. 1,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,644 in 2010, up 33%.