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The surname Caraballo

A Spanish surname, carried by 12,546 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C614

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caraballo is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Caraballo.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,546 people named Caraballo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,609 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,794.

#2,872
rank among US surnames
12,546
people in 2010
4.3
per 100,000 Americans
+28.1%
change since 2000 (was #3,342)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#2,864Longo12,59424,515
#2,865Orlando12,58624,531
#2,867Trammell12,58224,539
#2,868Guinn12,57724,548
#2,869Will12,57524,552
#2,870Muse12,57124,560
#2,871Clancy12,55624,589

Who is named Caraballo

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

90% of people named Caraballo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Two or more races 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caraballo

Caraballo has the Soundex code C614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C614.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caraballo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Caraballo.
How common is the surname Caraballo?
12,546 people in the United States had the surname Caraballo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,609 Americans. It ranked 2,872nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caraballo?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Caraballo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Caraballo getting more or less common?
More common. 9,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,546 in 2010, up 28%.