The Bailo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 116 people carried this name — #143,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 110 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bailo surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Occupational surname from bailo (“envoy of the Republic of Venice”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bailo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 544 people named Bailo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Bailo.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Bailo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Bailo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Bailo 1835–1932 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Bailo 1889–1972 · sport cyclist
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Luigi Bailo 1889–1972 · sport cyclist
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Osvaldo Bailo 1912–1997 · sport cyclist
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Osvaldo Bailo 1912–1997 · sport cyclist
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Gianni Bailo Modesti 1950–2008 · archaeologist
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bailo.
- Baile 355 · U.S. census
- Bailey 277,845 · U.S. census
- Baillargeon 1,966 · U.S. census
- Baillie 1,659 · U.S. census
- Baillif 102 · U.S. census
- Bailly 664 · U.S. census
- Bailon 3,702 · U.S. census
- Bails 284 · U.S. census
- Bain 17,371 · U.S. census
- Baire 239 · U.S. census
- Bais 375 · U.S. census
- Baise 458 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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