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The Caracciolo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,355 people carried this name — #19,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 25% from 1,086 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Caracciolo surname

From Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj, “tax, tribute”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caracciolo» (Italian), 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 772 people named Caracciolo 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 493
City of Buenos Aires 211
Córdoba 36
Santa Fe 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

95 people named Caracciolo live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Zurich 45
Solothurn 8
Vaud 8
Aargau 7
Geneva 7
Ticino 7
Graubünden 6
Bern 4

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 53 people named Caracciolo.

Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Moselle 7
Gironde 2
Nord 2
Gard 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Caracciolo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ferrante Caracciolo d. 1596 · writer
  • Giulio Caracciolo d. 1599 · Catholic priest
  • Fabrizio Caracciolo d. 1626 · Catholic priest
  • Salvatore Caracciolo d. 1573 · Catholic priest
  • Corrado Caracciolo d. 1516 · Catholic priest
  • Luigi Caracciolo d. 1536 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Caracciolo.

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