# Calabrese (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/calabrese/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,599 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,127 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,905 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (8,537 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæləˌbɹiːz/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Italian calabrese (“Calabrian”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calabrese in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Calabrese in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Calabrese

- Lucas Calabrese, Argentine sailor (born 1986)
- Gerald Calabrese, American basketball player, politician (1925-2015)

## Similar surnames

Calabro, Calabria, Colbert, Clifford, Calvert, Culver, Culbertson, Colburn, Claiborne, Clapper, Cleaver, Culberson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.