The Caraballo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,546 people carried this name — #2,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,500 people counted. That is up 28% from 9,794 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 8,058 people named Caraballo 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
52 people named Caraballo live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 22 people named Caraballo.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Corsica.
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 print
Caraballo in American newspapers,
1860–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,290 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Caraballo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Caraballo 1798–1874 · military personnel -
Pedro Knight 1921–2007 · trumpeter -
Gustavo Caraballo d. 2014 · politician
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Gustavo Caraballo 1885–1967 · poet
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Gustavo Caraballo 1885–1939 · poet
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José Caraballo 1930–1992 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Caraballo,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States190 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 76
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Benigno R. CaraballoBorn 1928; from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in North Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Armando CaraballoBorn 1911 in Florida. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; waiter from New York County, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Felipe CaraballoU.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 1993; buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 190 records for Caraballo in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France7 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Angele CaraballoBorn 1910 in Olmeta-di-Capocorso (Corse); died 2000 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Antoine Joseph CaraballoBorn 1908 in Olmeta-di-Capocorso (Corse); died 1976 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jacques CaraballoBorn 1934 in Chéraute (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1988 in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Caraballo in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caraballo.
- Capron 1,636 · U.S. census
- Capuano 2,731 · U.S. census
- Caputo 10,257 · U.S. census
- Caquelin 149 · U.S. census
- Car 767 · U.S. census
- Cara 693 · U.S. census
- Carabin 138 · U.S. census
- Caracciolo 1,355 · U.S. census
- Caraco 170 · U.S. census
- Caradonna 618 · U.S. census
- Caramella 139 · U.S. census
- Caraway 6,517 · U.S. census
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