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    The surname Toro

    A Spanish surname, carried by 10,650 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toro is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Toro.

    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 10,650 people named Toro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,990 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,576.

    #3,358
    rank among US surnames
    10,650
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,798)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,349Beaulieu10,69528,868
    #3,350Bone10,69228,876
    #3,351Feng10,68728,890
    #3,352Eng10,68228,903
    #3,353Farrow10,67228,930
    #3,354Islam10,67028,936
    #3,355Stowe10,66828,941

    Who is named Toro

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

    82% of people named Toro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Toros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • András Törő
      American sprint canoer (born 1940)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Toro

    Toro has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Toro come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Toro.
    How common is the surname Toro?
    10,650 people in the United States had the surname Toro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,990 Americans. It ranked 3,358th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Toro?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Toro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Toro?
    András Törő, American sprint canoer (born 1940).
    Where is the surname Toro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Toro in the United States.
    Is the surname Toro getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,650 in 2010, up 24%.