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    The surname Forero

    A surname, carried by 1,963 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F660

    Forero: #15,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Forero #15,048, 1,963 people Forero: #15,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Forero #15,048, 1,963 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forero is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,963 people named Forero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,266.

    #15,048
    rank among US surnames
    1,963
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,695)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,043Gerow1,964157,202
    #15,048Premo1,963157,282
    #15,052Linger1,962157,363
    #15,056Goetsch1,961157,443

    Who is named Forero

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

    89% of people named Forero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Forero

    Forero has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Forero?
    1,963 people in the United States had the surname Forero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. It ranked 15,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Forero?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Forero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Forero getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,266 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,963 in 2010, up 55%.