# Navarro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/navarro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 99,807 |
| US rank (2010) | 315 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,093 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (73,970 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /nəˈvɑɹoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Navarro, from navarro, demonym of Navarra, from Basque Nafarroa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Navarro in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Navarro in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and Germany.

## People named Navarro

- Dave Navarro, American guitarist
- Peter Navarro, American economist and author, Trump advisor (born 1949)
- Christian Lee Navarro, American actor
- Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpeter (1923–1950)
- Nicolás Navarro, Argentine footballer (born 1985)
- Rafael Navarro, Brazilian footballer
- Fanny Navarro, Argentinian actress (1920-1971)
- Kenn Navarro, American animator
- Julio Navarro, Argentine astronomer
- Hilario Navarro, Argentine footballer
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Brazilian philologist and lexicographer

## Similar surnames

Navarre, Navarra, Navar, Napier, Newberry, Neubauer, Nipper, Napper, Naber, Newbury, Niebuhr, Nabor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.