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 Male Caruso Height
175.19 cm
Average Female Caruso Height
161.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Caruso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caruso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Caruso occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Caruso.
How Common Is The Last Name Caruso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Caruso is the 4,998th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 64,311 people. The last name Caruso is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Caruso live; 55 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 231,625th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,175 people.
The last name Caruso is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 62,244 people, or 1 in 983. In Italy Caruso is most frequent in: Sicily, where 44 percent live, Campania, where 13 percent live and Calabria, where 12 percent live. Aside from Italy it is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
Caruso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Caruso has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 224,562 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 45,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Caruso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Caruso last name are 1.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.02% registered with the 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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