How rare is the last name Kelso?

8,169 people in the United States have the last name Kelso, about 1 in 36,589. It ranks #4,200 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KELSO

#4,200

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,169
About
1 in 36,589
This common or more
56.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,169 people with the last name Kelso, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 7% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kelso

#4,198 Varney · 8,173#4,199 Baeza · 8,170#4,201 Lian · 8,168#4,202 Gall · 8,167

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelso, most common first.

#42,735 Kelsoe · 546#70,147 Kelsh · 301

Also a first name

As a first name, Kelso ranks #29,411 of 53,615, with 301 people. See Kelso as a first name

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