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The surname Carrillo

A Spanish surname, carried by 91,129 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kəˈɹɪloʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex C640

Carrillo: #340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Carrillo #340, 91,129 people Carrillo: #340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Carrillo #340, 91,129 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrillo is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish.

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 91,129 people named Carrillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,388 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 67,054.

#340
rank among US surnames
91,129
people in 2010
31
per 100,000 Americans
+35.9%
change since 2000 (was #443)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#331Byrd92,9043,323
#332Craig92,5073,338
#333Ayala92,4633,339
#334Lowe92,2603,346
#335Frazier92,1523,350
#336Powers91,9703,357
#337Neal91,6943,367

Who is named Carrillo

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

93% of people named Carrillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Carrillos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Guido Carrillo EL GOAT
    Argentine association football player, born 1991
  • Leo Carrillo
    American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist (1881–1961)
  • Wendy Carrillo
    American politician and journalist, born 1980
  • Ramón Carrillo
    Argentine neurosurgeon and public health advocate (1906–1956)
  • Termanology
    American rapper, born 1981

Notable Carrillos come mostly from the United States (3) and Argentina (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrillo

Carrillo has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carrillo come from?
From Spanish.
How common is the surname Carrillo?
91,129 people in the United States had the surname Carrillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,388 Americans. It ranked 340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrillo?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Carrillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrillo?
Guido Carrillo EL GOAT, Argentine association football player, followed by Leo Carrillo.
Where is the surname Carrillo most common?
Wikidata records people named Carrillo in the United States and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Carrillo?
Carrillo is /kəˈɹɪloʊ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Carrillo getting more or less common?
More common. 67,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 91,129 in 2010, up 36%.