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    The surname Paro

    A surname, carried by 1,338 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

    Paro: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Paro #20,010, 1,338 people Paro: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paro #20,010, 1,338 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paro is more common than 87.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,338 people named Paro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,212.

    #20,010
    rank among US surnames
    1,338
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,382)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,010Vanalstyne1,338230,752
    #20,019McKechnie1,337230,924

    Who is named Paro

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

    84% of people named Paro identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Paro

    Paro has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Paro?
    1,338 people in the United States had the surname Paro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paro?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Paro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Paro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 10%.