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The surname Perino

An Italian surname, carried by 1,542 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P650

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perino is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Perino.

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 1,542 people named Perino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,224 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,417.

#18,078
rank among US surnames
1,542
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+8.8%
change since 2000 (was #18,129)

Who is named Perino

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

91% of people named Perino identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Perinos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Dana Perino
    American conservative political commentator and the 24th White House Press Secretary (born, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perino

Perino has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Perino come from?
Borrowed from Italian Perino.
How common is the surname Perino?
1,542 people in the United States had the surname Perino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,224 Americans. It ranked 18,078th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perino?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Perino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Perino?
Dana Perino, American conservative political commentator and the 24th White House Press Secretary (born.
Where is the surname Perino most common?
Wikidata records people named Perino in the United States.
Is the surname Perino getting more or less common?
More common. 1,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,542 in 2010, up 8.8%.