# Algeo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/algeo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 407 |
| US rank (2010) | 51,176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 758,589 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.3% (444 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, a nickname originally spelled Al(d)jo, from an expression composed of Scots auld (“old”) + jo (“joy”) (from Middle English joye). * As an Italian/Venetan surname, from a variant of the male given name Alceo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Algeo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Alejo, Alex, Ales, Alicea, Alas, Alessi, Alix, Alles, Allis, Alls.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.