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    The surname Cairo

    A surname, carried by 1,734 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

    Cairo: #16,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cairo #16,555, 1,734 people Cairo: #16,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cairo #16,555, 1,734 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cairo is more common than 89.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,734 people named Cairo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,054 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,722.

    #16,555
    rank among US surnames
    1,734
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,583)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,555Perrigo1,734178,054
    #16,560Koepp1,733178,157

    Who is named Cairo

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

    68% of people named Cairo identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cairo

    Cairo has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cairo?
    1,734 people in the United States had the surname Cairo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,054 Americans. It ranked 16,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cairo?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Cairo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cairo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,734 in 2010, up 0.7%.