The Carillo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,774 people carried this name — #7,015 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 19% from 3,997 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Carillo surname
From Spanish, a variant of Carrillo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carillo» (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 335 people named Carillo.
Most of them — 172 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 27 people named Carillo 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Carillo live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Carillo in American newspapers,
1893–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Carillo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfonso Carillo d. 1491 · Catholic priest
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Tulia Carrillo Lizarazo d. 2023 · environmentalist
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Fred Carillo 1926–2005 · comics artist
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Frank Carillo 1950– · lyricist
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Mary Carillo 1957– · writer
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Saverio Carillo 1963– · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carillo.
- Carels 100 · U.S. census
- Caretti 225 · U.S. census
- Carey 56,322 · U.S. census
- Caria 119 · U.S. census
- Carias 2,180 · U.S. census
- Carie 342 · U.S. census
- Carin 146 · U.S. census
- Carini 1,437 · U.S. census
- Cario 229 · U.S. census
- Carion 169 · U.S. census
- Caris 579 · U.S. census
- Carita 161 · U.S. census
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