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    The surname Calero

    A surname, carried by 2,446 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C460

    Calero: #12,649 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calero #12,649, 2,446 people Calero: #12,649 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calero #12,649, 2,446 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calero is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,446 people named Calero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,225 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,869.

    #12,649
    rank among US surnames
    2,446
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,604)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,642Imes2,448126,122
    #12,644Konopka2,447126,173
    #12,649Calero2,446126,225
    #12,652Fullen2,445126,276
    #12,656Houghtaling2,444126,328

    Who is named Calero

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

    91% of people named Calero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Caleros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fernando Calero Villa
      Association football player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calero

    Calero has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calero?
    2,446 people in the United States had the surname Calero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,225 Americans. It ranked 12,649th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calero?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Calero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Calero?
    Fernando Calero Villa, association football player.
    Where is the surname Calero most common?
    Wikidata records people named Calero in Spain.
    Is the surname Calero getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,446 in 2010, up 31%.