# Cerro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cerro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 564 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,052 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 547,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (469 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Cerro, a habitational surname from any of various places called Cerro, from cerro (“Turkey oak”). * Borrowed from Spanish Cerro, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill or ridge, from cerro (“hill, hillock”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cerro in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 44% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cerro in Argentina and Australia.

## People named Cerro

- María Del Cerro, Argentine actress
- Montaigne, Australian singer

## Similar surnames

Cerra, Cera, Cherry, Carrow, Corrao, Carr, Curry, Carey, Correa, Crowe, Crow, Currie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.