Pecoraro is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pecoraro
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: The name is quite common in Italy, particularly in Sicily and Campania. Rarer, Pecorari parentage plural occurs mainly in Emilia-Romagna. It means a sheep guardian, a shepherd (Italian "pecoraro", "pecoraio").

How popular is Pecoraro?

Pecoraro is common in Brazil.

Pecoraro is ranked 29138 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pecoraro bearers increased by 3.573629 per cent in 2010 US census to 3362 since 2000, the surname slipped by 414 spots and ranked at 9652. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.12 96.09
Hispanic or Latino 3.21 2.19
Others 0.83 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.31
Pecoraro is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 17312 people have been found who wears Pecoraro as their family name. Pecoraro is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67,494 South Africa3
26,532 Chile2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
9,185 Hong Kong2
6,266 Luxembourg2
23,344 Austria2
37,779 Serbia1
810,193 Indonesia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
897,276 Russia1
880 Djibouti1
492,292 Ukraine1
25,721 Egypt1
11,923 Slovenia1
36,678 Singapore1
25,746 Finland1
42,479 Greece1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,655 England86
40,284 Spain53
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Pecoraro:
6,578 Argentina806
15,535 France612
5,934 Venezuela276
4,722 Switzerland252
43,536 Germany235
9,543 Belgium193
21,011 Mexico157
32,272 Canada103
Countries with thousands of Pecoraro:
858 Italy8,398
8,989 United States4,127
7,261 Brazil1,924
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A Domenico Pecoraro worked as laborer and hailed from Rocaronana, Italy. 29 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Bolivia and arrived on December 1, 1899. Laborer A. Pecoraro, 15 years old A.M. Pecoraro, Adriana Pecoraro (8) Farmer, Agata Pecoraro (2), Agata Pecoraro, aged 50, 7 years old Agostino Pecoraro, Alberto Pecoraro, aged 21, 43 years old Alessandro Pecoraro, and 210 other Pecoraro around 37.5% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and domestic, peasant, housewife, mason, country man, country woman, daughter, shoemaker, barber, tailor, agriculturist migrated to US from Naples, Mediterranean Ports, Unknown, Genoa and Marseilles & Naples.

Pecoraro Namesakes

  • Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Italian Politician
  • Susú Pecoraro, Film actress
  • Susú Pecoraro, Film actress
  • Carmela Pecoraro, Actress
  • Elio Pecoraro, Soccer player
  • Charlie Pecoraro, Television actor
  • Susú Pecoraro, Film actress
  • Susú Pecoraro, Film actress
  • Yolanda Pecoraro, Actor
  • Charlie Pecoraro, Television actor

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