The surname Osorio
A Spanish surname, carried by 29,482 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex O260
Origin
Spanish origin
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”).
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 29,482 people named Osorio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,472 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,037.
Who is named Osorio
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Osorio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Osorios
3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Elsa OsorioArgentine writer, born 1952
- Aldo OsorioArgentine footballer, born 1974
- Juvencio OsorioAssociation football player, 1950–2023
Notable Osorios come mostly from Argentina (2) and Paraguay (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Osorio has the Soundex code O260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O260.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Osorio come from?
- 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”).
- How common is the surname Osorio?
- 29,482 people in the United States had the surname Osorio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,472 Americans. It ranked 1,199th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Osorio?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Osorio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Osorio?
- Elsa Osorio, Argentine writer, followed by Aldo Osorio.
- Where is the surname Osorio most common?
- Wikidata records people named Osorio in Argentina and Paraguay.
- Is the surname Osorio getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,482 in 2010, up 64%.