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    The surname Proano

    A surname, carried by 1,126 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P650

    Proano: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Proano #22,749, 1,126 people Proano: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Proano #22,749, 1,126 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Proano is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,126 people named Proano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 732.

    #22,749
    rank among US surnames
    1,126
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.8%
    change since 2000 (was #30,199)

    Who is named Proano

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

    91% of people named Proano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Proano

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Proano?
    1,126 people in the United States had the surname Proano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. It ranked 22,749th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Proano?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Proano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Proano getting more or less common?
    More common. 732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,126 in 2010, up 54%.