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    The surname Cuomo

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,424 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C500

    Cuomo: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cuomo #12,732, 2,424 people Cuomo: #12,732 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cuomo #12,732, 2,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuomo is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Cuomo.

    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 2,424 people named Cuomo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,417.

    #12,732
    rank among US surnames
    2,424
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,862)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,724Palmeri2,426127,265
    #12,729McLennan2,425127,318
    #12,732Nishimura2,424127,370
    #12,740Bracamonte2,423127,423

    Who is named Cuomo

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

    93% of people named Cuomo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cuomo

    Cuomo has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cuomo come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Cuomo.
    How common is the surname Cuomo?
    2,424 people in the United States had the surname Cuomo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,370 Americans. It ranked 12,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cuomo?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cuomo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cuomo getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,424 in 2010, up 0.3%.