How common is the surname Paterno?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Paterno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Paterno?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Paterno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Paterno?

Joe Paterno, American college football coach (1926-2012).

Where is the surname Paterno most common?

Wikidata records people named Paterno in the United States.

Is the surname Paterno getting more or less common?

More common. 1,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Paterno

An Italian surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paterno is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Paternò.

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 1,293 people named Paterno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,207.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,446)

Who is named Paterno

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

86% of people named Paterno identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Paternos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Paterno
American college football coach (1926-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paterno

Paterno has the Soundex code P365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P365.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Paterno come from?: Borrowed from Italian Paternò.
How common is the surname Paterno?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Paterno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paterno?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Paterno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Paterno?: Joe Paterno, American college football coach (1926-2012).
Where is the surname Paterno most common?: Wikidata records people named Paterno in the United States.
Is the surname Paterno getting more or less common?: More common. 1,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 7.1%.