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    The surname Cayo

    A surname, carried by 785 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C000

    Cayo: #29,918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cayo #29,918, 785 people Cayo: #29,918 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cayo #29,918, 785 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cayo is more common than 81.6% of them.

    Origin

    From the Spanish surname, Spanish equivalent of Gaetano. Also compare cayo (“cay”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 785 people named Cayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 393,306 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 575.

    #29,918
    rank among US surnames
    785
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,672)

    Who is named Cayo

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

    43% of people named Cayo identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Cayo

    Cayo has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cayo come from?
    From the Spanish surname, Spanish equivalent of Gaetano. Also compare cayo (“cay”).
    How common is the surname Cayo?
    785 people in the United States had the surname Cayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 393,306 Americans. It ranked 29,918th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Cayo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 785 in 2010, up 37%.