# Tio (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tio/  
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 | Spanish |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 587 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 525,972 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (422 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Tío and Portuguese Tio, from tío (“uncle”) and tio (“uncle”). * Borrowed from Catalan Tió, a nickname from tió (“log, stump for burning”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tio 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) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 50% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tio in the United States.

## People named Tio

- Lorenzo Tio, American clarinetist (1893–1933)

## Similar surnames

Tiu, Thao, Thai, Tu, To, Ta, Toy, Tew, Tai, Tao, Tye, Towe.

## 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.