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The Pero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,239 people carried this name — #13,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,220 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 315 people named Pero 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 124
City of Buenos Aires 65
Córdoba 62
Tucumán 34
Santa Fe 19
Santiago del Estero 11

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 214 people named Pero.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Pas-de-Calais 23
Bouches-du-Rhône 23
Paris 20
Nord 14
Yvelines 14
Haute-Garonne 12
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Aude 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

69 people named Pero are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 47
Sweden (2022) 22

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Pero in American newspapers,
1851.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Pero
El Pelayo 1851-12-03
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Pero
El Pelayo 1851-09-17
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Pero
El Pelayo 1851-11-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 276,935 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Wilhelm Pero 1808–1862 · photographer
  • Agustín Felipe Peró 1828–1879 · architect
  • Paavo Pero 1875–1961 · professor
  • Gemma Pero 1888–1966 · sculptor
  • Yana Pero 1900–1944 · clerk
  • Mike Pero 1960– · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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