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    The surname Piceno

    A Latin surname, carried by 1,932 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P250

    Piceno: #15,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Piceno #15,232, 1,932 people Piceno: #15,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Piceno #15,232, 1,932 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Piceno is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    From Italian Piceno, from Latin Picenum, an ancient region of Italy, from pīcus (“woodpecker”), the name of the local tribe's sacred animal.

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,932 people named Piceno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,806 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,249.

    #15,232
    rank among US surnames
    1,932
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +54.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,898)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,223Rosenberry1,934159,641
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806
    #15,236Alli1,931159,889
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972

    Who is named Piceno

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

    96% of people named Piceno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Piceno

    Piceno has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Piceno come from?
    From Italian Piceno, from Latin Picenum, an ancient region of Italy, from pīcus (“woodpecker”), the name of the local tribe's sacred animal.
    How common is the surname Piceno?
    1,932 people in the United States had the surname Piceno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,806 Americans. It ranked 15,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Piceno?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Piceno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Piceno getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,932 in 2010, up 55%.