# Proto (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,252 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,009 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 246,602 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (1,190 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Proto 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Proto in Italy.

## People named Proto

- Silvio Proto, Belgian footballer

## Similar surnames

Prieto, Prouty, Porto, Port, Prout, Puerto, Prato, Pratt, Pruitt, Prado, Perdue, Purdy.

## 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.