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    The surname Longo

    A surname, carried by 12,594 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L520

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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). Longo is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,594 people named Longo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,515 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,122.

    #2,864
    rank among US surnames
    12,594
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,857Munguia12,61524,474
    #2,858Reddy12,61424,476
    #2,861Adcock12,59924,506
    #2,864Longo12,59424,515
    #2,865Orlando12,58624,531

    Who is named Longo

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

    92% of people named Longo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Longos

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bartolo Longo
      Beatified Italian Catholic (1841-1926)
    • Robert Longo
      American artist (born 1953)
    • Cody Longo
      American actor, musician and producer (1988–2023)
    • Tony Longo
      American actor (1961-2015)
    • Mike Longo
      American musician (1937–2020)

    Notable Longos come mostly from the United States (4) and the Kingdom of Italy (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Longo

    Longo has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Longo?
    12,594 people in the United States had the surname Longo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,515 Americans. It ranked 2,864th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Longo?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Longo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Longo?
    Bartolo Longo, beatified Italian Catholic (1841-1926), followed by Robert Longo.
    Where is the surname Longo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Longo in the United States and the Kingdom of Italy.
    Is the surname Longo getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,594 in 2010, up 3.9%.