The Calabrese surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,599 people carried this name — #4,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,537 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Calabrese surname
From the Italian calabrese (“Calabrian”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Calabrese» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,493 people named Calabrese live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
438 people named Calabrese live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 283 people named Calabrese.
134 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 185 people named Calabrese live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Calabrese in American newspapers,
1917–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,322 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Calabrese,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvatore Calabrese 1903–1973 · physician -
Anthony Orlando Calabrese Sr. 1907–1991 · politician -
Franco Calabrese 1923–1992 · opera singer
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Giorgio Calabrese 1929–2016 · composer -
Frank Calabrese, Sr. 1937–2012
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 147 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calabrese.
- Caire 423 · U.S. census
- Cairo 1,734 · U.S. census
- Caisse 775 · U.S. census
- Cakir 250 · U.S. census
- Cal 634 · U.S. census
- Cala 1,011 · U.S. census
- Calabria 1,118 · U.S. census
- Calabro 3,187 · U.S. census
- Calais 706 · U.S. census
- Calame 549 · U.S. census
- Calandra 1,653 · U.S. census
- Calas 349 · U.S. census
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