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The CARO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,052 6236 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 246 16566 0 5
Change since 1880 +4806 +10330 +N/A +14
Other Countries
Australia 74 18506 0 5
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for CARO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,240 1859 0.004 37
Florida 699 2093 0.004 44
Texas 546 3009 0.003 26
New York 462 2968 0.002 24
New Jersey 222 3086 0.003 26
Top States for CARO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Mexico 103 1213 0.006 57
Florida 699 2093 0.004 44
Nevada 83 2032 0.004 42
California 1,240 1859 0.004 37
Arizona 177 2462 0.003 34

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CARO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CARO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CARO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CARO by picking someone at random in New Mexico than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CARO

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CARO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CARO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CARO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 128 2.53
Black/African American 85 1.68
Mixed Race 43 0.85
Native American/Alaskan 23 0.46
White (Hispanic) 3,681 72.86
White (Caucasian) 1,092 21.62

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CARO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CARO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CARO.

Similar names to CARO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CARO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CARO

The following words are slight variants of CARO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.