How common is the surname Zamorano?

3,926 people in the United States had the surname Zamorano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. It ranked 8,419th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Zamorano getting more or less common?

More common. 2,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,926 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Zamorano

A Spanish surname, carried by 3,926 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex Z565

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zamorano is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Zamorano.

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 3,926 people named Zamorano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,808.

#8,419

rank among US surnames

3,926

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+39.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,494)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581
#8,415	Kalman	3,927	78,621
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681
#8,425	Lair	3,923	78,701
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721

Who is named Zamorano

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

95% of people named Zamorano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial 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 Zamorano

Zamarron

Zamorano has the Soundex code Z565, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z565.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zamorano come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Zamorano.
How common is the surname Zamorano?: 3,926 people in the United States had the surname Zamorano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. It ranked 8,419th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zamorano?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zamorano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Zamorano getting more or less common?: More common. 2,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,926 in 2010, up 40%.