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    The surname Cerro

    An Italian place surname, carried by 564 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cerro is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    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”).

    Cerro is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 564 people named Cerro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 469.

    #39,052
    rank among US surnames
    564
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.3%
    change since 2000 (was #43,377)

    Who is named Cerro

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

    55% of people named Cerro identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cerros

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • María Del Cerro
      Argentine actress, born 1985
    • Montaigne
      Australian singer, born 1995

    Notable Cerros come mostly from Argentina (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cerro

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cerro come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Cerro?
    564 people in the United States had the surname Cerro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. It ranked 39,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cerro?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Cerro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cerro?
    María Del Cerro, Argentine actress, followed by Montaigne.
    Where is the surname Cerro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cerro in Argentina and Australia.
    What type of surname is Cerro?
    Cerro is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cerro getting more or less common?
    More common. 469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 564 in 2010, up 20%.