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The surname Vivero

A Spanish surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V160

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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). Vivero is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Vivero, Castilianized form of Galician Viveiro. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.

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 610 people named Vivero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 524.

#36,630
rank among US surnames
610
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+16.4%
change since 2000 (was #39,499)

Who is named Vivero

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

89% of people named Vivero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vivero

Vivero has the Soundex code V160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V160.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vivero come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Vivero, Castilianized form of Galician Viveiro. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.
How common is the surname Vivero?
610 people in the United States had the surname Vivero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vivero?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Vivero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Vivero getting more or less common?
More common. 524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 16%.