# Osorio (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/osorio/  
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) | 29,482 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,199 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,472 people |
| Change since 2000 | +64% (18,037 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Osorio, from Latin Osorius. According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, the Latin term may have originated from the metathesis of Orosius, itself perhaps derived from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Osorio 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) | 3.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Osorio in Argentina and Paraguay.

## People named Osorio

- Elsa Osorio, Argentine writer
- Aldo Osorio, Argentine footballer
- Juvencio Osorio, association football player

## Similar surnames

Osoria, Oshiro, Okoro, O'Gara, Oscar, Ocker, Oser, Osier, Ozer.

## 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.