How common is the surname Recio?

3,442 people in the United States had the surname Recio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. It ranked 9,451st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Recio getting more or less common?

More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,442 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Recio

A Spanish nickname surname, carried by 3,442 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Recio is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish, from recio (“strong”). A descriptive surname.

Recio is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,442 people named Recio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,715.

#9,451

rank among US surnames

3,442

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+26.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752

Who is named Recio

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

83% of people named Recio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Recio

Recio has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Recio come from?: From Spanish, from recio (“strong”). A descriptive surname.
How common is the surname Recio?: 3,442 people in the United States had the surname Recio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,699 Americans. It ranked 9,451st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Recio?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Recio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Recio?: Recio is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Recio getting more or less common?: More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,442 in 2010, up 27%.