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    The surname Claros

    A surname, carried by 2,798 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C462

    Claros: #11,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Claros #11,290, 2,798 people Claros: #11,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Claros #11,290, 2,798 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claros is more common than 93% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,798 people named Claros in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,700.

    #11,290
    rank among US surnames
    2,798
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +64.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,759)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,283Rasberry2,800110,266
    #11,288Eveland2,799110,306
    #11,290Auld2,798110,345
    #11,293Branco2,797110,385
    #11,296Bartolo2,796110,424
    #11,299Kovac2,795110,464

    Who is named Claros

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

    92% of people named Claros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Claros

    Claros has the Soundex code C462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C462.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Claros?
    2,798 people in the United States had the surname Claros in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. It ranked 11,290th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claros?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Claros identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Claros getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,798 in 2010, up 65%.