Cerro

See also: cerro and cerró

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Italian Cerro, a habitational surname from any of various places called Cerro, from cerro (“Turkey oak”).
• Borrowed from Spanish Cerro, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill or ridge, from cerro (“hill, hillock”).

Proper noun

Cerro (countable and uncountable, plural Cerros)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cerro is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Cerro is most common among White (55.14%) and Hispanic/Latino (43.62%) individuals.

See also

• Cerro Bolívar
• Cerro de Pasco
• Cerro de Punta
• Cerro Punta

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cerro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 311.

Italian

Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various places called Cerro, from cerro (“Turkey oak”).

Proper noun

Cerro m or f by sense

1. a surname