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    The surname Paraiso

    A Spanish surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P620

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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). Paraiso is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Paraíso. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

    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 579 people named Paraiso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 439.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.9%
    change since 2000 (was #45,829)

    Who is named Paraiso

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

    75% of people named Paraiso identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 75%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Two or more races 5.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paraiso

    Paraiso has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Paraiso come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Paraíso. This surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Paraiso?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Paraiso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paraiso?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Paraiso identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Paraiso getting more or less common?
    More common. 439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, up 32%.