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    The surname Giordano

    A surname, carried by 16,569 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G635

    Giordano: #2,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Giordano #2,197, 16,569 people Giordano: #2,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Giordano #2,197, 16,569 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Giordano is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Italian Giordano. Doublet of Jordan.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,569 people named Giordano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,634 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,036.

    #2,197
    rank among US surnames
    16,569
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,072)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,188Nevarez16,60718,591
    #2,189Alaniz16,59618,604
    #2,191McNair16,59518,605
    #2,192Baer16,58718,614
    #2,194Rosenthal16,58318,618
    #2,195Pickens16,57718,625
    #2,196Balderas16,57618,626

    Who is named Giordano

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

    93% of people named Giordano identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Giordanos

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tyrone Giordano
      American actor, born 1976
    • Charles Giordano
      American keyboardist and accordionist, born 1954
    • Dick Giordano
      American comic book artist (1932-2010)
    • Young Corbett III
      American boxer (1905–1993)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Giordano

    Giordano has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Giordano come from?
    From Italian Giordano. Doublet of Jordan.
    How common is the surname Giordano?
    16,569 people in the United States had the surname Giordano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,634 Americans. It ranked 2,197th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Giordano?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Giordano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Giordano?
    Tyrone Giordano, American actor, followed by Charles Giordano.
    Where is the surname Giordano most common?
    Wikidata records people named Giordano in the United States.
    Is the surname Giordano getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,569 in 2010, up 3.3%.