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The surname Pagano

An Italian surname, carried by 8,465 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P250

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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). Pagano is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Pagano.

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 8,465 people named Pagano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,473 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,272.

#4,186
rank among US surnames
8,465
people in 2010
2.9
per 100,000 Americans
+2.3%
change since 2000 (was #3,944)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,177Liao8,48236,400
#4,178Barnette8,48036,409
#4,179Batts8,47336,439
#4,180Montelongo8,47236,443
#4,182Wasson8,47136,447
#4,184Cartagena8,46736,465
#4,185Coons8,46636,469

Who is named Pagano

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

92% of people named Pagano identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pagano

Pagano has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pagano come from?
Borrowed from Italian Pagano.
How common is the surname Pagano?
8,465 people in the United States had the surname Pagano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,473 Americans. It ranked 4,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pagano?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pagano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pagano getting more or less common?
More common. 8,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,465 in 2010, up 2.3%.