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    The surname Caruana

    A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C650

    Caruana: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caruana #20,601, 1,286 people Caruana: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caruana #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caruana is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,286 people named Caruana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,180.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,800)

    Who is named Caruana

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

    94% of people named Caruana identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caruana

    Caruana has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caruana?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Caruana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caruana?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caruana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Caruana getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 9.0%.