How common is the surname Cicero?

3,399 people in the United States had the surname Cicero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. It ranked 9,563rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cicero?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cicero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Cicero?

Cicero is /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Cicero getting more or less common?

More common. 3,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,399 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Cicero

A Latin surname, carried by 3,399 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex C260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cicero is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

Learned borrowing from Latin Cicerō, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer (“chickpea”)). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,399 people named Cicero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,313.

#9,563

rank among US surnames

3,399

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,072)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781
#9,562	Towery	3,400	90,808
#9,563	Leader	3,399	90,834
#9,567	Hendon	3,398	90,861
#9,568	Sill	3,397	90,888
#9,570	Revis	3,396	90,914

Who is named Cicero

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

89% of people named Cicero identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cicero come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin Cicerō, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer (“chickpea”)). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.
How common is the surname Cicero?: 3,399 people in the United States had the surname Cicero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. It ranked 9,563rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cicero?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Cicero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Cicero?: Cicero is /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Cicero getting more or less common?: More common. 3,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,399 in 2010, up 2.6%.