Cavallaro surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cavallaro surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,349 people carried this name — #8,977 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

247 people named Cavallaro live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where they live today

Zurich 45
Thurgau 40
Aargau 33
Bern 26
Ticino 24
Geneva 18
Basel-Landschaft 15
St. Gallen 14

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 167 people named Cavallaro.

Most of them — 98 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 98
Bouches-du-Rhône 31
Nord 11
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Corsica 5
Paris 5
Isère 2
Drôme 2
Gard 1

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 29 people named Cavallaro 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 they live today

Hainaut 17
Liège 7
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Cavallaro in American newspapers,
1892–1954.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Cavallaro
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1892-08-31
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Cavallaro
The Evening World 1920-08-04
Newspaper page from Detroit Evening Times carrying the name Cavallaro
Detroit Evening Times 1942-11-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,374 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cavallaro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carmen Cavallaro
    Carmen Cavallaro 1913–1989 · actor
  • Felice Cavallaro
    Felice Cavallaro 1949– · journalist
  • Mario Cavallaro
    Mario Cavallaro 1951– · politician
  • Francesco Cavallaro
    Francesco Cavallaro 1964– · politician
  • Alessandro Cavallaro
    Alessandro Cavallaro 1980– · sprinter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 68 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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