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    The surname Pardo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 11,104 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Pardo: #3,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pardo #3,249, 11,104 people Pardo: #3,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pardo #3,249, 11,104 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pardo is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Pardo.

    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 11,104 people named Pardo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,805 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,847.

    #3,249
    rank among US surnames
    11,104
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,687)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,240Kiefer11,14127,713
    #3,241Ayres11,13927,718
    #3,243Amin11,13727,723
    #3,244Warden11,13527,727
    #3,245Muir11,13027,740
    #3,246Samson11,12327,757
    #3,247Ezell11,12127,762

    Who is named Pardo

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

    75% of people named Pardo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Pardos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • J. D. Pardo
      American actor, born 1980
    • Rob Pardo
      American video game designer, born 1970
    • Don Pardo
      American announcer (1918–2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pardo

    Pardo has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pardo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Pardo.
    How common is the surname Pardo?
    11,104 people in the United States had the surname Pardo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,805 Americans. It ranked 3,249th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pardo?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Pardo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pardo?
    J. D. Pardo, American actor, followed by Rob Pardo.
    Where is the surname Pardo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pardo in the United States.
    Is the surname Pardo getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,104 in 2010, up 26%.