# Perino (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perino/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,542 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,078 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 200,224 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (1,417 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Perino.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perino in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perino in the United States.

## People named Perino

- Dana Perino, American conservative political commentator and the 24th White House Press Secretary (born

## Similar surnames

Perrin, Perrone, Perrine, Perron, Prine, Perna, Perone, Parrino, Perine, Perin, Perrino, Primo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.