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    The surname Cirillo

    An Italian surname, carried by 3,692 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C640

    Cirillo: #8,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cirillo #8,870, 3,692 people Cirillo: #8,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cirillo #8,870, 3,692 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cirillo is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Cirillo. Doublet of Cyril.

    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 3,692 people named Cirillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,626 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,608.

    #8,870
    rank among US surnames
    3,692
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,414)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,862Lutes3,69583,558
    #8,865Hoyos3,69483,580
    #8,867Bretz3,69383,603
    #8,870Cirillo3,69283,626
    #8,872Phares3,69183,648
    #8,873Gailey3,69083,671

    Who is named Cirillo

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

    94% of people named Cirillo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cirillos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
      American journalist and activist; soldier in Armed Forces of Ukraine, born 1977

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    Surnames that sound like Cirillo

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cirillo come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Cirillo. Doublet of Cyril.
    How common is the surname Cirillo?
    3,692 people in the United States had the surname Cirillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,626 Americans. It ranked 8,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cirillo?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cirillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Cirillo?
    Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, American journalist and activist; soldier in Armed Forces of Ukraine.
    Where is the surname Cirillo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cirillo in the United States.
    Is the surname Cirillo getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,692 in 2010, up 2.3%.