How common is the surname Caruso?

20,367 people in the United States had the surname Caruso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,159 Americans. It ranked 1,758th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Caruso?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Caruso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Caruso?

David Caruso, American actor, followed by D.J. Caruso.

Where is the surname Caruso most common?

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

Is the surname Caruso getting more or less common?

More common. 20,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,367 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Caruso

An Italian surname, carried by 20,367 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caruso is more common than 98.9% 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 20,367 people named Caruso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,159 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 20,257.

#1,758

rank among US surnames

20,367

people in 2010

6.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,621)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,749	Houser	20,484	15,073
#1,750	Bassett	20,482	15,074
#1,751	Thomason	20,478	15,077
#1,752	Sapp	20,448	15,099
#1,753	Tripp	20,434	15,109
#1,754	Galvez	20,425	15,116
#1,755	Eubanks	20,424	15,117

Who is named Caruso

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

95% of people named Caruso identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carusos

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Caruso
American actor, born 1956
D.J. Caruso
American film and television director, born 1965
Alex Caruso
American basketball player (born 1994)
Sophia Anne Caruso
American actress, born 2001
Marcos Caruso
Brazilian actor, born 1952
Rick J. Caruso
American businessman, born 1959
Leandro Caruso
Argentine footballer, born 1981

Notable Carusos come mostly from the United States (5), Brazil (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caruso

Caruso has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caruso come from?: Caruso is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Caruso?: 20,367 people in the United States had the surname Caruso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,159 Americans. It ranked 1,758th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caruso?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Caruso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Caruso?: David Caruso, American actor, followed by D.J. Caruso.
Where is the surname Caruso most common?: Wikidata records people named Caruso in the United States, Brazil and Argentina.
Is the surname Caruso getting more or less common?: More common. 20,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,367 in 2010, up 0.5%.