Chamorro Surname
Approximately 120,507 people bear this surname
Chamorro Surname Definition:
Found in Leon, Castile, Aragon, and Andalusia. Of uncertain origin, name means bald, shorn.
Castilian name from mountains of Leon. Branches in Canary Islands and Cuba.
Chamorro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 28,012 | 1:1,705 | 336 |
| Argentina | 20,093 | 1:2,127 | 276 |
| Paraguay | 14,988 | 1:483 | 128 |
| Spain | 12,269 | 1:3,811 | 468 |
| Peru | 10,958 | 1:2,901 | 482 |
| Ecuador | 8,373 | 1:1,900 | 336 |
| Chile | 8,201 | 1:2,148 | 382 |
| Mexico | 4,815 | 1:25,779 | 1,782 |
| Nicaragua | 4,220 | 1:1,427 | 269 |
| United States | 2,070 | 1:175,101 | 17,591 |
| Brazil | 1,650 | 1:129,742 | 4,944 |
| Costa Rica | 1,137 | 1:4,204 | 369 |
| Guatemala | 739 | 1:21,763 | 1,633 |
| Venezuela | 683 | 1:44,223 | 2,316 |
| Panama | 505 | 1:7,747 | 777 |
| Uruguay | 482 | 1:7,120 | 787 |
| France | 252 | 1:263,582 | 40,616 |
| Honduras | 228 | 1:38,669 | 1,117 |
| Puerto Rico | 148 | 1:23,987 | 783 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Cuba | 110 | 1:104,752 | 3,076 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| El Salvador | 68 | 1:93,292 | 1,600 |
| Philippines | 62 | 1:1,632,875 | 108,878 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Chamorro (61) may also be a first name.
Chamorro Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Leon, Castile, Aragon, and Andalusia. Of uncertain origin, name means bald, shorn.
Castilian name from mountains of Leon. Branches in Canary Islands and Cuba.
Chamorro Demographics
Average Male Chamorro Height
171.27 cm
Average Female Chamorro Height
159.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Chamorro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamorro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamorro is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamorro? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chamorro is the 4,681st most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 60,474 people. Chamorro is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Chamorro are found; 78 percent are found in South America and 24 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 61 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is carried by 28,012 people, or 1 in 1,705. In Colombia it is most common in: Nariño Department, where 35 percent reside, Valle del Cauca Department, where 10 percent reside and Bolívar Department, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Colombia this surname occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Paraguay, where 12 percent reside.
Chamorro Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chamorro last name are 41.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.02% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chamorro earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 11.53% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,150 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.21% less than the national average, earning $18,114,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning $42,036 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.64% less than the national average, earning $46,384 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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