Explore the Family Name Carleo

The meaning of Carleo

Italian: 1. from the medieval Greek personal name Kaloleon or Kaloleos meaning ‘Leon the good’. 2. from a variant of the personal name Carlo (see Charles). 3. variant of Corleo, from Greek kyrios ‘sir, lord’ + the personal name Leo. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Luigi, Armando, Gino, Nino, Rocco, Xavier.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Carleo has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Carleo was ranked 62,236th most popular surname in the U.S., while it fell to 68,770th by 2010, marking a 10.5% drop in its rank. The number of people carrying the Carleo surname also dropped slightly from 301 in 2000 to 286 in 2010, a decrease of nearly 5%. The proportion of people per 100,000 with this last name also lowered from 0.11 to 0.1 during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,236	#68,770	-10.5%
Count	301	286	-4.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Carleo

The diversity of ethnic identities associated with the surname Carleo has shown some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority (91.69%) of those with the surname identified as White, which decreased slightly to 87.06% by 2010. The percentage identifying as Hispanic increased significantly from 5.98% in 2000 to 11.19% in 2010. A small proportion (1.66%) in 2000 identified with two or more races, however, this figure dropped to zero by 2010. There were no individuals with the Carleo surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.69%	87.06%	-5.05%
Hispanic	5.98%	11.19%	87.12%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.66%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%