How common is the surname Calo?

1,908 people in the United States had the surname Calo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Calo?

In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Calo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Calo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Calo

A Greek surname, carried by 1,908 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calo is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Greek origin

* 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.

One of 45 Greek surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,908 people named Calo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,558.

#15,370

rank among US surnames

1,908

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+22.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732
#15,370	Calo	1,908	161,816

Who is named Calo

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

54% of people named Calo identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Calo

Calo has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Other Greek surnames

All 45 Greek surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Calo come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Calo?: 1,908 people in the United States had the surname Calo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,816 Americans. It ranked 15,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Calo?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Calo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Calo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,908 in 2010, up 23%.