The Chamorro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,602 people carried this name — #12,003 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 113,600 people counted. That is up 47% from 1,773 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 27,582 people named Chamorro live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Chamorro live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Chamorro.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
47 people named Chamorro is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Chamorro in American newspapers,
1910–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,055 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chamorro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustavo Chamorro Tello d. 1936 · politician -
Manuel Chamorro 1843– · military personnel -
Diego Manuel Chamorro 1861–1923 · politician -
Delfín Chamorro 1863–1931 -
Juan Guillermo Chamorro Arevalo d. 1973 · accountant
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Manuel Natalio Chamorro Gomez d. 1974
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chamorro.
- Chamba 237 · U.S. census
- Chamberland 1,469 · U.S. census
- Chamberlin 9,897 · U.S. census
- Chambers 94,988 · U.S. census
- Chambon 146 · U.S. census
- Chami 391 · U.S. census
- Champ 3,104 · U.S. census
- Champagne 12,023 · U.S. census
- Champeau 730 · U.S. census
- Champie 104 · U.S. census
- Champigny 326 · U.S. census
- Champion 17,527 · U.S. census
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