How common is the surname Contino?

1,427 people in the United States had the surname Contino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Contino?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Contino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Contino?

Dick Contino, American musician, actor (1930-2017), followed by Gabriel o Pensador.

Where is the surname Contino most common?

Wikidata records people named Contino in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Contino getting more or less common?

More common. 1,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Contino

A surname, carried by 1,427 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Contino is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

From Spanish and Portuguese contino.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,427 people named Contino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,389.

#19,075

rank among US surnames

1,427

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,382)

Who is named Contino

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

88% of people named Contino identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Continos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dick Contino
American musician, actor (1930-2017)
Gabriel o Pensador
Brazilian recording artist, musician, born 1974

Notable Continos come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Contino

Contino has the Soundex code C535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C535.

Questions

Where does the surname Contino come from?: From Spanish and Portuguese contino.
How common is the surname Contino?: 1,427 people in the United States had the surname Contino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Contino?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Contino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Contino?: Dick Contino, American musician, actor (1930-2017), followed by Gabriel o Pensador.
Where is the surname Contino most common?: Wikidata records people named Contino in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Contino getting more or less common?: More common. 1,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 2.7%.