The Caruso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,367 people carried this name — #1,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 20,257 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Caruso surname
From Sicilian carusu.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caruso» (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 5,766 people named Caruso 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
1,297 people named Caruso live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 688 people named Caruso.
Most of them — 437 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 284 people named Caruso live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
40 people named Caruso have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 98 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Caruso is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Caruso in American newspapers,
1906–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,529 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Caruso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Caruso 1820–1892 · brigand -
Michele Caruso 1837–1863 · brigand -
Raffaele Caruso 1841–1923 · politician -
Girolamo Caruso 1842–1923 · agronomist -
Enrico Caruso 1873–1921 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 233 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caruso.
- Cartel 101 · U.S. census
- Carter 376,966 · U.S. census
- Cartier 2,873 · U.S. census
- Carton 1,005 · U.S. census
- Carty 6,332 · U.S. census
- Caruana 1,286 · U.S. census
- Carvajal 8,883 · U.S. census
- Carvalho 10,877 · U.S. census
- Carville 438 · U.S. census
- Carvin 762 · U.S. census
- Cary 11,506 · U.S. census
- Cas 151 · U.S. census
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