The Miro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,149 people carried this name — #22,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 21% from 946 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Miro surname
A surname from Catalan.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Miró» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,096 people named Miro 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 305 people named Miro.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
64 people named Miro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
125 people named Miro 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).
Who carried it
People named Miro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henri Miro 1879–1950 · composer -
Feliza Teresita Nuesa Miro 1953– · politician -
Josep Maria Miró i Llull 1937–2022 · painter
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Emilio Miró 1940– · writer
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Victoria Miro 1945– · art dealer
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Marsha Miro 1945– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Miro.
- Miras 197 · U.S. census
- Mire 2,924 · U.S. census
- Miret 232 · U.S. census
- Miri 198 · U.S. census
- Mirkovic 303 · U.S. census
- Mirman 245 · U.S. census
- Miron 2,739 · U.S. census
- Mirville 217 · U.S. census
- Mirza 4,831 · U.S. census
- Mis 563 · U.S. census
- Mischel 524 · U.S. census
- Mischler 800 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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