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    The surname Paramo

    A surname, carried by 3,348 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P650

    Paramo: #9,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Paramo #9,691, 3,348 people Paramo: #9,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paramo #9,691, 3,348 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paramo is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,348 people named Paramo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,218 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,308.

    #9,691
    rank among US surnames
    3,348
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,347)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,684Blanc3,35292,108
    #9,686Kunze3,35192,135
    #9,687Scholten3,35092,163
    #9,691Paramo3,34892,218
    #9,692Geis3,34792,245
    #9,695Charleston3,34692,273

    Who is named Paramo

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

    96% of people named Paramo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paramo

    Paramo has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Paramo?
    3,348 people in the United States had the surname Paramo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,218 Americans. It ranked 9,691st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paramo?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Paramo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Paramo getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,348 in 2010, up 45%.