# Chamorro (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,602 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,003 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,657 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (1,773 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chamorro 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) | 5.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chamorro in Nicaragua and Argentina.

## People named Chamorro

- Fruto Chamorro, 1st President of Nicaragua (1804-1855)
- Francisco Chamorro, Argentine racing cyclist

## Similar surnames

Conner, Connor, Comer, Conroy, Camara, Coomer, Connery, Chmura, Chenier, Camero, Canary, Camire.

## 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.