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    The surname Oro

    An Italian surname, carried by 640 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oro is more common than 78.3% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

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

    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 640 people named Oro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 431.

    #35,203
    rank among US surnames
    640
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.5%
    change since 2000 (was #46,523)

    Who is named Oro

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

    57% of people named Oro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 26% as white (not Hispanic) and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Oros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Faustino Oro
      Argentine chess player, born 2013

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oro

    Oro has the Soundex code O600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O600.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oro come from?
    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Oro. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Oro?
    640 people in the United States had the surname Oro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. It ranked 35,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oro?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Oro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 26% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Oro?
    Faustino Oro, Argentine chess player.
    Where is the surname Oro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Oro in Argentina.
    Is the surname Oro getting more or less common?
    More common. 431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 640 in 2010, up 49%.