How common is the surname Mauro?

7,722 people in the United States had the surname Mauro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. It ranked 4,594th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mauro?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mauro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mauro?

Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director (1897–1983), followed by Marcos Mauro.

Where is the surname Mauro most common?

Wikidata records people named Mauro in Brazil and Argentina.

Is the surname Mauro getting more or less common?

More common. 7,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,722 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Mauro also a first name?

Yes. Mauro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mauro

An Italian surname, carried by 7,722 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mauro is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname from Italian.

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 7,722 people named Mauro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,483.

#4,594

rank among US surnames

7,722

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,389)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,585	Frazer	7,743	39,874
#4,586	Barela	7,739	39,895
#4,587	Southern	7,738	39,900
#4,589	Bahr	7,731	39,936
#4,590	Bickford	7,728	39,952
#4,592	Kraemer	7,726	39,962
#4,593	Angell	7,725	39,967

Who is named Mauro

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

92% of people named Mauro identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mauros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Humberto Mauro
Brazilian film director (1897–1983)
Marcos Mauro
Argentine association football player, born 1991

Notable Mauros come mostly from Brazil (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Mauro

Mauro has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mauro come from?: Mauro is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Mauro?: 7,722 people in the United States had the surname Mauro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,983 Americans. It ranked 4,594th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mauro?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mauro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mauro?: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director (1897–1983), followed by Marcos Mauro.
Where is the surname Mauro most common?: Wikidata records people named Mauro in Brazil and Argentina.
Is the surname Mauro getting more or less common?: More common. 7,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,722 in 2010, up 3.2%.
Is Mauro also a first name?: Yes. Mauro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.