Explore the Family Name Canelo

The meaning of Canelo

Spanish (Extremadura and Andalusia) and Portuguese: nickname from canelo ‘silly’.

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How common is the last name Canelo in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Canelo" has grown significantly from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Canelo ranked 49,563rd in popularity and saw a considerable climb to rank 30,863rd by 2010, a change of over 37 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also nearly doubled in the same period, moving from 398 to 754, representing an increase of almost 90 percent. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the Canelo name increased from 0.15 to 0.26, marking a growth rate of over 73 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,563	#30,863	37.73%
Count	398	754	89.45%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.26	73.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Canelo

In terms of ethnic identity, the statistics from the Decennial U.S. Census reveal that the majority of those bearing the Canelo surname identified as Hispanic in both 2000 and 2010. In 2000, approximately 89 percent identified as Hispanic, and this number increased to roughly 94 percent by 2010. The percentage of those of White ethnicity decreased drastically during this time period from about 8 percent in 2000 to just over 4 percent in 2010. There were no recorded individuals with the surname Canelo who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was a slight emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, accounting for 0.80 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	89.2%	93.77%	5.12%
White	8.29%	4.38%	-47.17%
Two or More Races	0%	0.8%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%