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    The surname Claro

    A surname, carried by 1,051 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C460

    Claro: #24,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Claro #24,001, 1,051 people Claro: #24,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Claro #24,001, 1,051 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claro is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,051 people named Claro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,764 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 960.

    #24,001
    rank among US surnames
    1,051
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,432)

    Who is named Claro

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

    62% of people named Claro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 62%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Claro

    Claro has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Claro?
    1,051 people in the United States had the surname Claro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,764 Americans. It ranked 24,001st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claro?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Claro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Claro getting more or less common?
    More common. 960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,051 in 2010, up 9.5%.