How common is the surname Pecoraro?

3,362 people in the United States had the surname Pecoraro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pecoraro?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pecoraro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pecoraro getting more or less common?

More common. 3,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Pecoraro

An Italian surname, carried by 3,362 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex P266

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pecoraro is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Pecoraro.

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 3,362 people named Pecoraro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,246.

#9,652

rank among US surnames

3,362

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,238)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,643	Azar	3,365	91,752
#9,646	Bash	3,364	91,779
#9,648	Rode	3,363	91,807
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834
#9,658	Durrett	3,361	91,861
#9,661	Hellman	3,360	91,889

Who is named Pecoraro

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

95% of people named Pecoraro identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pecoraro come from?: Borrowed from Italian Pecoraro.
How common is the surname Pecoraro?: 3,362 people in the United States had the surname Pecoraro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pecoraro?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pecoraro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pecoraro getting more or less common?: More common. 3,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 3.6%.