Explore the Family Name De Toro

The meaning of De Toro

1. Italian: variant of Di Toro. 2. Spanish: variant, with the preposition de ‘from’, of Toro 1. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Lorenzo, Primo, Antonio. Spanish Anamaria, Armando, Carlos, Manuel, Milagros, Pedro.

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How common is the last name De Toro in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname De Toro has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname ranked 68,360 in popularity and by 2010, it had improved to a rank of 65,593. This represents a change of 4.05%. The actual count of people with the De Toro surname also increased during this period, from 269 in 2000 to 302 in 2010, marking a growth of 12.27%. Despite these changes, the proportion per 100,000 people remained the same at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,360	#65,593	4.05%
Count	269	302	12.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Toro

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the De Toro surname identified as White, with a slight decrease from 79.18% in 2000 to 78.48% in 2010. The second largest group within this surname identified as Hispanic, making up 14.50% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 14.24% in 2010. Notably, the proportion of individuals with this surname who identified as belonging to two or more races nearly doubled from 1.86% in 2000 to 3.64% in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander saw a drop from 4.09% to 3.64%. No individuals with this surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	79.18%	78.48%	-0.88%
Hispanic	14.5%	14.24%	-1.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.09%	3.64%	-11%
Two or More Races	1.86%	3.64%	95.7%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%