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    The surname Caracciolo

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C624

    Caracciolo: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caracciolo #19,834, 1,355 people Caracciolo: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caracciolo #19,834, 1,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caracciolo is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian.

    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 1,355 people named Caracciolo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,086.

    #19,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,355
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,185)

    Who is named Caracciolo

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

    92% of people named Caracciolo identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Caracciolos

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Francesco Caracciolo
      Admiral and revolutionist, 1752–1799
    • Innico Caracciolo
      17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal, 1607–1685
    • Innico Caracciolo
      18th-century Roman Catholic cardinal, 1642–1730
    • Pola Oloixarac
      Argentinian writer, journalist and translator, born 1977

    Notable Caracciolos come mostly from Kingdom of Naples (1) and Argentina (1).

    Other Italian surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Caracciolo come from?
    Caracciolo is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Caracciolo?
    1,355 people in the United States had the surname Caracciolo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caracciolo?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Caracciolo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Caracciolo?
    Francesco Caracciolo, admiral and revolutionist, followed by Innico Caracciolo.
    Where is the surname Caracciolo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Caracciolo in Kingdom of Naples and Argentina.
    Is the surname Caracciolo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, up 25%.