The Schiro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,832 people carried this name — #15,879 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,795 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 988 people named Schiro 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 75 people named Schiro.
Most of them — 44 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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
50 people named Schiro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 print
Schiro in American newspapers,
1900–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 880 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schiro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Victor H. Schiro 1904–1992 · mayor -
Michael Schiro 1942– · teacher
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James J. Schiro 1946–2014 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schiro.
- Schimpf 1,507 · U.S. census
- Schindler 9,801 · U.S. census
- Schipman 162 · U.S. census
- Schira 364 · U.S. census
- Schirm 467 · U.S. census
- Schirmer 3,428 · U.S. census
- Schirra 267 · U.S. census
- Schissler 839 · U.S. census
- Schlachter 1,333 · U.S. census
- Schlageter 610 · U.S. census
- Schlappi 328 · U.S. census
- Schlatter 1,405 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schiro is.
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