Caruso Surname
Approximately 113,317 people bear this surname
Caruso Surname Definition:
(Italian) One with shorn or close-cut hair; one who worked in the sulphur pits.
Read More About This SurnameCaruso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 62,244 | 1:983 | 25 |
| United States | 29,193 | 1:12,416 | 1,542 |
| Argentina | 6,227 | 1:6,864 | 687 |
| Brazil | 3,693 | 1:57,968 | 2,180 |
| Australia | 2,638 | 1:10,233 | 1,520 |
| France | 2,413 | 1:27,527 | 3,334 |
| Canada | 2,287 | 1:16,111 | 2,329 |
| Germany | 920 | 1:87,506 | 11,021 |
| Switzerland | 869 | 1:9,451 | 1,539 |
| Belgium | 465 | 1:24,724 | 3,907 |
| England | 451 | 1:123,543 | 12,408 |
| Venezuela | 445 | 1:67,874 | 2,941 |
| Spain | 282 | 1:165,787 | 11,953 |
| Uruguay | 199 | 1:17,245 | 1,955 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Chile | 53 | 1:332,386 | 9,362 |
| Colombia | 36 | 1:1,327,058 | 10,324 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Costa Rica | 24 | 1:199,170 | 2,552 |
| Peru | 24 | 1:1,324,338 | 21,383 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1:906,270 | 3,798 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Caruso (1,175) may also be a first name.
Caruso Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) One with shorn or close-cut hair; one who worked in the sulphur pits.
User-submitted Reference
An English surname, first found in Norfolk in 1066, meaning 'close-cropped', or 'bald'.
- mikeydinoCaruso Demographics
Average Caruso Salary in
United States
$49,777 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Caruso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caruso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Caruso occurs most in Italy. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Caruso.
How Common Is The Last Name Caruso? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,998th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 64,311 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Caruso reside; 55 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent reside in Italic Europe. Caruso is also the 231,625th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,175 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Italy, where it is carried by 62,244 people, or 1 in 983. In Italy Caruso is most common in: Sicily, where 44 percent live, Campania, where 13 percent live and Calabria, where 12 percent live. Other than Italy this last name is found in 91 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
Caruso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Caruso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Caruso surname grew 224,562 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 45,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Caruso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Caruso last name are 1.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.02% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Caruso earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 1.8% more than the national average, earning €30,572 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.74% less than the national average, earning R 202,608 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.02% less than the national average, earning $19,745,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.36% more than the national average, earning $49,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.02% more than the national average, earning $57,145 CAD per year.
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