Porro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Porro.
Proper noun
Porro (plural Porros)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Porro is the 38902nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 567 individuals. Porro is most common among White (50.79%) and Hispanic/Latino (47.62%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Porro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian
Etymology
Perhaps from porro (“leek; wart”), a nickname denoting a person with warts or boils.
Proper noun
Porro m or f by sense