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    The surname Schiro

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,832 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S600

    Schiro: #15,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schiro #15,879, 1,832 people Schiro: #15,879 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schiro #15,879, 1,832 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiro is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Schirò.

    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 1,832 people named Schiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,529 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,795.

    #15,879
    rank among US surnames
    1,832
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,871Roh1,833168,437
    #15,879Bondy1,832168,529
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621

    Who is named Schiro

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

    92% of people named Schiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schiros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Giuseppe Schirò
      Arbëreshë writer (1865–1927)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schiro

    Schiro has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schiro come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Schirò.
    How common is the surname Schiro?
    1,832 people in the United States had the surname Schiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,529 Americans. It ranked 15,879th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schiro?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Schiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schiro?
    Giuseppe Schirò, Arbëreshë writer (1865–1927).
    Where is the surname Schiro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schiro in the Kingdom of Italy.
    Is the surname Schiro getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,832 in 2010, up 2.1%.