The Caramella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 139 people carried this name — #123,796 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 132 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Caramella surname
From Italian Caramella, a variant of the French surname Caramelle, from Old French calamel (“chalumeau”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caramella» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Caramella.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 75 people named Caramella 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Caramella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Onorio Domenico Caramella 1623–1661 · writer
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Santino Caramella 1902–1972 · university teacher
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Santino Caramella 1902–1972 · university teacher
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Alberto Caramella 1928–2007 · writer
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Alberto Caramella 1928–2007 · writer
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Riccardo Caramella 1951– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caramella.
- 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
- Carballo 4,813 · U.S. census
- Carbo 1,396 · U.S. census
- Carbon 876 · U.S. census
- Carbonari 115 · U.S. census
- Carbonaro 1,383 · U.S. census
- Carbone 10,591 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Caramella is.
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