The Macaluso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,542 people carried this name — #7,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,522).
What the name means
The meaning of the Macaluso surname
A surname from Arabic.
Sicilian surname from Arabic مخلوص (maḵlūṣ, “freed, liberated”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Macaluso» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 206 people named Macaluso 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 149 people named Macaluso 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 Córdoba.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Macaluso.
Most of them — 99 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Macaluso live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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
Macaluso in American newspapers,
1910–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 846 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Macaluso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Macaluso 1824–1892 · lawyer
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Damiano Macaluso 1845–1932 · physicist
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Damiano Macaluso 1845–1932 · physicist
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Antonino Macaluso 1922–2018 · politician
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Antonino Macaluso 1922–2018 · politician
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Emanuele Macaluso 1924–2021 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Macaluso.
- Ma 28,452 · U.S. census
- Maas 9,285 · U.S. census
- Mabile 477 · U.S. census
- Mabon 883 · U.S. census
- Mabrouk 225 · U.S. census
- Mac 2,321 · U.S. census
- Macari 762 · U.S. census
- Macario 1,787 · U.S. census
- Macary 166 · U.S. census
- Maccari 130 · U.S. census
- Maccario 152 · U.S. census
- Macchi 550 · U.S. census
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