How common is the surname Carballo?

4,813 people in the United States had the surname Carballo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,148 Americans. It ranked 6,971st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carballo?

Celeste Carballo, Argentinian musician and singer, followed by Marcelo Carballo.

Where is the surname Carballo most common?

Wikidata records people named Carballo in Argentina and Bolivia.

Is the surname Carballo getting more or less common?

More common. 3,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,813 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Carballo

A Galician surname, carried by 4,813 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carballo is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

Spanish, Galician, Asturian and Leonese surname, all from carballo (“oak”).

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,813 people named Carballo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,148 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,222.

#6,971

rank among US surnames

4,813

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+49.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,965	Sigala	4,817	64,095
#6,968	Peach	4,815	64,122
#6,969	Neighbors	4,814	64,135
#6,971	Dones	4,813	64,148
#6,973	McComas	4,812	64,162
#6,974	Sand	4,810	64,188
#6,976	Pettway	4,807	64,228

Who is named Carballo

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

90% of people named Carballo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Carballos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Celeste Carballo
Argentinian musician and singer, born 1956
Marcelo Carballo
Bolivian association football player, born 1974

Notable Carballos come mostly from Argentina (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carballo

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

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carballo come from?: Spanish, Galician, Asturian and Leonese surname, all from carballo (“oak”).
How common is the surname Carballo?: 4,813 people in the United States had the surname Carballo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,148 Americans. It ranked 6,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carballo?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Carballo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carballo?: Celeste Carballo, Argentinian musician and singer, followed by Marcelo Carballo.
Where is the surname Carballo most common?: Wikidata records people named Carballo in Argentina and Bolivia.
Is the surname Carballo getting more or less common?: More common. 3,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,813 in 2010, up 49%.