The Taro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 180 people carried this name — #100,302 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 185 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 74 people named Taro 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 68 people named Taro.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Finistère.
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 print
Taro in American newspapers,
1904–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 114,816 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Taro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ángeles Taro 1901– · influencer -
Gerda Taro 1910–1937 · photographer -
Igor Taro 1981– · politician -
Matthew Taro 1967– · association football referee
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Külli Taro 1980– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Taro.
- Tardif 1,923 · U.S. census
- Tardy 1,823 · U.S. census
- Tari 223 · U.S. census
- Tarin 4,524 · U.S. census
- Taris 115 · U.S. census
- Tarnowski 1,625 · U.S. census
- Taron 163 · U.S. census
- Tarpinian 310 · U.S. census
- Tarquini 173 · U.S. census
- Tarrago 140 · U.S. census
- Tarricone 277 · U.S. census
- Tarry 1,053 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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