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The surname Cerrillo

A surname, carried by 1,146 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C640

Cerrillo: #22,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cerrillo #22,450, 1,146 people Cerrillo: #22,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cerrillo #22,450, 1,146 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerrillo is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,146 people named Cerrillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 703.

#22,450
rank among US surnames
1,146
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+63%
change since 2000 (was #31,202)

Who is named Cerrillo

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

89% of people named Cerrillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
  • Two or more races 0.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cerrillo

Cerrillo has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

Questions

How common is the surname Cerrillo?
1,146 people in the United States had the surname Cerrillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. It ranked 22,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cerrillo?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cerrillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cerrillo getting more or less common?
More common. 703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,146 in 2010, up 63%.