The Carballo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,813 people carried this name — #6,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 49% from 3,222 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Carballo surname
Spanish, Galician, Asturian and Leonese surname, all from carballo (“oak”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carballo» (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 23,777 people named Carballo 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
176 people named Carballo live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 91 people named Carballo.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Paris.
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
Carballo in American newspapers,
1883–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,618 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carballo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Carballo Cousido 1824–1889 · writer -
Julio Carballo Enríquez 1861–1928 · journalist -
Jesús Carballo García 1874–1961 · Catholic priest -
Ricardo Carballo Calero 1910–1990 · writer -
Francisco Carballo 1925–2014 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 62 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carballo.
- 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
- 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
- Carbonel 395 · U.S. census
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