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The surname Igo

A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I200

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Igo is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Igo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,603.

#17,851
rank among US surnames
1,567
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-2.2%
change since 2000 (was #16,502)

Who is named Igo

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

94% of people named Igo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Igo

Igo has the Soundex code I200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I200.

Questions

How common is the surname Igo?
1,567 people in the United States had the surname Igo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Igo?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Igo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Igo getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, down 2.2%.