Caro

Caro is the 3,490th most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,977 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 30,000.

By the numbers

People: 9,977
Rank: 3,490th
How common: 1 in 30,000
Per 100,000: 3.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Caro described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 77.0%
White, not Hispanic 17.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 2.8%
Black, not Hispanic 1.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Caro

Anthony Caro (1924–2013)English abstract sculptor
Isabelle Caro (1980–2010)French actress and model
Niki Caro (born 1967)New Zealand film director, film producer and screenwriter
Julio Caro (1914–1995)Spanish academic
Juan Ramón López Caro (born 1963)Spanish football manager
Heinrich Caro (1834–1910)German chemist
Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar (1842–1909)President of Colombia
Marc Caro (born 1956)French film director

People named Caro with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Caro

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.