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    The surname Loreto

    A surname, carried by 1,367 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L630

    Loreto: #19,703 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loreto #19,703, 1,367 people Loreto: #19,703 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loreto #19,703, 1,367 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loreto is more common than 87.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,367 people named Loreto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,856 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 906.

    #19,703
    rank among US surnames
    1,367
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.9%
    change since 2000 (was #25,591)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,697Abbe1,368225,691
    #19,703Antillon1,367225,856

    Who is named Loreto

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

    71% of people named Loreto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 71%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loreto

    Loreto has the Soundex code L630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loreto?
    1,367 people in the United States had the surname Loreto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,856 Americans. It ranked 19,703rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loreto?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Loreto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Loreto getting more or less common?
    More common. 906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,367 in 2010, up 51%.