What is the ethnic origin of the last name "Carino"?

Question

What is the ethnic origin of the last name "Carino"?

Answer 1

Italian. Diminutive of Caro --"dear"

Answer 2

Carina  

Language of origin:  Italian

Meaning/translation:  pretty, cute

Info about origin:  as an Italian name, probably from 'carino' (pretty, cute), female form 'carina'

  can also be seen as a pet form of 'Cara'

Words:  carino=pretty, cute

Variants:  Carina  German, English, Italian, Scandinavian   (#491 in US popularity)

  Carine  German

  Karina  German

  Karine  German

It is not listed with Ancestry or other name origins sites I checked.

Answer 3

I'd says it's Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.

Answer 4

In spanish "cariño" means affection, similar to the italian definition above