How common is the surname Cavallaro?

3,493 people in the United States had the surname Cavallaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. It ranked 9,320th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cavallaro?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cavallaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cavallaro?

Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (1913–1989), followed by Juan Cavallaro.

Where is the surname Cavallaro most common?

Wikidata records people named Cavallaro in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Cavallaro getting more or less common?

More common. 3,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,493 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Cavallaro

An Italian surname, carried by 3,493 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C146

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cavallaro is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Cavallaro, taken from Sicilian Cavaḍḍaru.

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 3,493 people named Cavallaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,349.

#9,320

rank among US surnames

3,493

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,313	Barreras	3,496	88,314
#9,314	Elswick	3,495	88,339
#9,319	Maughan	3,494	88,364
#9,320	Niehaus	3,493	88,390
#9,328	Klimek	3,492	88,415

Who is named Cavallaro

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

95% of people named Cavallaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cavallaros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carmen Cavallaro
American pianist (1913–1989)
Juan Cavallaro
Argentine footballer, born 1994

Notable Cavallaros come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cavallaro

Cavallaro has the Soundex code C146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C146.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cavallaro come from?: Borrowed from Italian Cavallaro, taken from Sicilian Cavaḍḍaru.
How common is the surname Cavallaro?: 3,493 people in the United States had the surname Cavallaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. It ranked 9,320th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cavallaro?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cavallaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cavallaro?: Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (1913–1989), followed by Juan Cavallaro.
Where is the surname Cavallaro most common?: Wikidata records people named Cavallaro in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Cavallaro getting more or less common?: More common. 3,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,493 in 2010, up 4.3%.