Explore the Family Name Kallio

The meaning of Kallio

Finnish: ornamental name from kallio ‘rock’, widely adopted during the name-changing campaigns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in southern and western Finland, in part to replace Swedish surnames, especially those containing the elements berg ‘rock’ or sten ‘stone’ (compare Laine 4). In some cases, however, it is a habitational name from farms so named. Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Toivo, Reino, Eino, Veikko, Alpo, Arvo, Eero, Erkki, Heikki, Hilja, Jorma, Jukka.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kallio saw a minor decline from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name fell by 3.7% from 23,264th place in 2000 to 24,124th place in 2010. However, the total count of individuals with this surname increased slightly, up 1.96% from 1,023 to 1,043. Despite the increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people dropped 7.89% from 0.38 to 0.35.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,264	#24,124	-3.7%
Count	1,023	1,043	1.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.35	-7.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kallio

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides an insight into the changes in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kallio between 2000 and 2010. There was a decrease in the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (34.09%) and White (2.12%). Conversely, there were increases in the percentages of those identifying as Two or more races (26.28%), Hispanic (112.82%), Black (from 0 to 0.67), and American Indian and Alaskan Native (from 0 to 0.77). Please note that some data for the year 2000 had been suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.8%	93.77%	-2.12%
Hispanic	1.17%	2.49%	112.82%
Two or More Races	1.37%	1.73%	26.28%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.77%	0%
Black	0%	0.67%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.88%	0.58%	-34.09%