Explore the Family Name Sarro

The meaning of Sarro

Italian: from the personal name Sarro, a short form of Baldassarro (see Baldassarre). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Pietro, Rocco, Carmine, Corrado, Domenic, Domenico, Dominico.

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How common is the last name Sarro in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Sarro has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. The surname was ranked 17,334th in 2000 and slipped to 18,694th by 2010, indicating a drop of about 7.85%. Likewise, the count of people bearing this surname also experienced a minor decrease, falling from 1,503 in 2000 to 1,470 in 2010, which is approximately a 2.2% reduction. The same trend is seen in the proportion per 100k people, as it dropped from 0.56 to 0.5 during the same period, marking a 10.71% decline.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,334	#18,694	-7.85%
Count	1,503	1,470	-2.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.56	0.5	-10.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sarro

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Sarro, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes over the decade from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander more than doubled, increasing from 0.33% to 0.61%. Conversely, those identifying with two or more races saw a significant decrease, dropping by nearly half from 1.53% to 0.75%. The majority ethnicity, White, saw a negligible decrease from 93.55% to 92.93%. The Hispanic ethnicity experienced an increase, ascending from 4.13% to 4.97%. There were no changes for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native, as these categories remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.55%	92.93%	-0.66%
Hispanic	4.13%	4.97%	20.34%
Two or More Races	1.53%	0.75%	-50.98%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.33%	0.61%	84.85%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%