How Many People Have the Last Name Kelso?
people had the surname Kelso in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 34,014 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+311 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kelso (86.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 7.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kelso ranks #3,102. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kelso grew from 8,360 people in 2000 to 8,671 in 2010 (up 3.7%), and its rank fell from #3,910 to #4,096. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 3.1 to 2.94 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 8,360 | 8,671 |
| Rank | #3,910 | #4,096 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.1 | 2.94 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kelso
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kelso: K420
👤 Kelso as a First Name
Kelso is a first name too: about 287 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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