The Cavallo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,438 people carried this name — #9,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,287 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,329 people named Cavallo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 582 people named Cavallo.
119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
223 people named Cavallo live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Cavallo 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cavallo in American newspapers,
1809–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,072 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cavallo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tiberius Cavallo 1749–1809 · physicist -
Lorenzo Cavallo 1846–1870 · military personnel -
Luigi Teresio Cavallo 1883–1957 · politician -
Guglielmo Cavallo 1938– · historian -
Victor Cavallo 1947–2000 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 87 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cavallo.
- Cavallari 139 · U.S. census
- Cavallaro 3,493 · U.S. census
- Cavallero 577 · U.S. census
- Cavalli 776 · U.S. census
- Cavallin 189 · U.S. census
- Cavallini 365 · U.S. census
- Cavan 601 · U.S. census
- Cavanna 308 · U.S. census
- Cave 8,389 · U.S. census
- Cavero 600 · U.S. census
- Cavey 856 · U.S. census
- Caviglia 215 · U.S. census
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