Alfaro

Alfaro is the 943rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 36,351 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 8,223.

By the numbers

People: 36,351
Rank: 943rd
How common: 1 in 8,223
Per 100,000: 12.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish

a toponymic surname originating in Alfaro, La Rioja, most commonly used in Latin America.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Alfaro described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 92.7%
White, not Hispanic 4.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 0.4%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Alfaro

David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974)Mexican painter and muralist
Gustavo Alfaro (born 1962)Argentine football player and manager
Eloy Alfaro (1842–1912)president of Ecuador (1897-1901) /
Alejandro Alfaro (born 1986)Spanish footballer
Wardy Alfaro (born 1977)Costa Rican footballer
Emiliano Alfaro (born 1988)footballer
Francisco López Alfaro (born 1962)association football player
Pablo Alfaro Armengot (born 1969)Spanish football player and manager

People named Alfaro with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Alfaro

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.