Negro surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Negro surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 669 people carried this name — #32,417 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 642 people named Negro.

132 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 132
Alpes-Maritimes 110
Bouches-du-Rhône 97
Var 88
Isère 31
Paris 28
Rhône 28
Lot-et-Garonne 16
Haute-Garonne 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

435 people named Negro live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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Where they live today

Bern 79
Vaud 71
Geneva 63
Zurich 57
Ticino 29
Valais 26
Neuchâtel 25
Aargau 17

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.

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