# Caruso (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/caruso/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,367 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,758 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,159 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (20,257 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Caruso in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Caruso in the United States, Brazil and Argentina.

## People named Caruso

- David Caruso, American actor
- D.J. Caruso, American film and television director
- Alex Caruso, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Sophia Anne Caruso, American actress
- Marcos Caruso, Brazilian actor
- Rick J. Caruso, American businessman
- Leandro Caruso, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Cruse, Corso, Carias, Caras, Caris, Carris, Crusoe, Carrasco, Carrico, Cyrus, Carico, Cruz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.