How common is the surname Calabrese?

8,599 people in the United States had the surname Calabrese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,905 Americans. It ranked 4,127th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Calabrese?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Calabrese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Calabrese?

Lucas Calabrese, Argentine sailor (born 1986), followed by Gerald Calabrese.

Where is the surname Calabrese most common?

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

How do you pronounce Calabrese?

Calabrese is /ˈkæləˌbɹiːz/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Calabrese getting more or less common?

More common. 8,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,599 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Calabrese

An Italian surname, carried by 8,599 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæləˌbɹiːz/ 4 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calabrese is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From the Italian calabrese (“Calabrian”).

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,599 people named Calabrese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,905 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,537.

#4,127

rank among US surnames

8,599

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,816)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,118	Gilbertson	8,621	35,813
#4,119	Shanahan	8,616	35,834
#4,121	Ibanez	8,614	35,842
#4,123	Hernandes	8,612	35,851
#4,124	Garrido	8,605	35,880
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901

Who is named Calabrese

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Calabrese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Calabreses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Calabreses come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Calabrese

Calabrese has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Calabrese come from?: From the Italian calabrese (“Calabrian”).
How common is the surname Calabrese?: 8,599 people in the United States had the surname Calabrese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,905 Americans. It ranked 4,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Calabrese?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Calabrese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Calabrese?: Lucas Calabrese, Argentine sailor (born 1986), followed by Gerald Calabrese.
Where is the surname Calabrese most common?: Wikidata records people named Calabrese in Argentina and the United States.
How do you pronounce Calabrese?: Calabrese is /ˈkæləˌbɹiːz/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Calabrese getting more or less common?: More common. 8,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,599 in 2010, up 0.7%.