Find out how popular the last name del Toro is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named del Toro.

del Toro, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the del Toro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of del Toro in America

del Toro is the 4862nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The del Toro surname appeared 7,251 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname del Toro.

We can also compare 2010 data for del Toro to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name del Toro

The surname DELTORO is of Spanish origin, believed to have first emerged in the region of Andalusia, southern Spain, during the 15th century. It is thought to be derived from a combination of the Spanish words "del" meaning "of" or "from", and "toro", meaning "bull". This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked with bulls, perhaps a rancher or breeder.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the DELTORO surname can be found in a 1492 census record from the city of Seville, where a Juan Deltoro is listed as a landowner. There are also references to a Diego Deltoro, a soldier who fought in the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, the name appears in various church records and legal documents from the towns of Córdoba and Granada, indicating the DELTORO family had spread throughout Andalusia. During this time, the spelling variations "De Toro" and "DeToro" were also common.

A notable DELTORO from this era was Alonso Deltoro, a renowned artist and sculptor born in Málaga in 1627, known for his intricate woodcarvings adorning many churches in southern Spain. He died in 1701.

In the 19th century, the DELTORO surname began to appear more widely across Spain, as well as in Spanish colonies in the Americas. Juan Carlos Deltoro, born in Cádiz in 1812, was a prominent lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Spanish Parliament in the 1860s.

Other notable individuals with the DELTORO surname include María Deltoro (1845-1916), a celebrated opera singer from Madrid, and Emilio Deltoro (1878-1949), a Spanish military officer who fought in the Spanish-American War and later became a general in the Spanish Civil War.

As the DELTORO family spread throughout the Spanish-speaking world, variations in spelling and pronunciation emerged, such as "Del Toro" and "Deltorro". However, the name's connection to its Andalusian roots and the Spanish word for "bull" has remained a consistent thread throughout its history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name del Toro

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname del Toro.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for del Toro was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of del Toro has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name del Toro was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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