# Oro (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 640 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 482,415 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (431 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Oro. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oro 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) | 26% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 57% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oro in Argentina.

## People named Oro

- Faustino Oro, Argentine chess player

## Similar surnames

Orr, Ore, Or, O'Hara, O'Hare, Oyer, Orea, Ohair, Oraha.

## 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.