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    The surname Algeo

    An English nickname surname, carried by 407 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A420

    Algeo: #51,176 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Algeo #51,176, 407 people Algeo: #51,176 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Algeo #51,176, 407 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Algeo is more common than 68.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * 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.

    Algeo is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 407 people named Algeo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 758,589 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 444.

    #51,176
    rank among US surnames
    407
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #45,403)

    Who is named Algeo

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Algeo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Algeo

    Algeo has the Soundex code A420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A420.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Algeo come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Algeo?
    407 people in the United States had the surname Algeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 758,589 Americans. It ranked 51,176th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Algeo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Algeo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Algeo?
    Algeo is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Algeo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 407 in 2010, down 8.3%.