# Calo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/calo/  
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 | Greek |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,908 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 161,816 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (1,558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Italian surname, from the personal name Calò, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) * As a Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan surname, from several place names in the Iberian peninsula.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calo 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) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 34% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 10% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Call, Calle, Cale, Cali, Clow, Caley, Cail, Callow, Cala, Cal, Calloway, Cole.

## 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.