The Cerro surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 469 people carried this name — #43,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Cerro.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Cerro live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cerro.
- Cerna 4,020 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,230 · U.S. census
- Ceron 3,066 · U.S. census
- Cerqueira 534 · U.S. census
- Cerrato 2,103 · U.S. census
- Cerri 317 · U.S. census
- Cerrone 1,912 · U.S. census
- Cerruti 447 · U.S. census
- Certain 907 · U.S. census
- Ceruti 313 · U.S. census
- Cerutti 785 · U.S. census
- Cervantes 57,685 · U.S. census
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