Calvo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Calvo surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,218 people carried this name — #6,065 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,800 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 837 people named Calvo.

346 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 346
Bouches-du-Rhône 67
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 48
Hérault 48
Paris 39
Gironde 35
Pyrénées-Orientales 17
Gard 13
Hauts-de-Seine 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

416 people named Calvo live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 73
Vaud 63
Zurich 59
Bern 57
Aargau 30
Basel-Landschaft 25
Ticino 20
Basel-Stadt 17

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Calvo in American newspapers,
1891–1954.

Newspaper page from The Irish Standard carrying the name Calvo
The Irish Standard 1891-09-05
Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Calvo
The Detroit Times 1909-12-17
Newspaper page from Le MeschacéBé carrying the name Calvo
Le MeschacéBé 1911-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,077 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Calvo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo Calvo de Rozas
    Lorenzo Calvo de Rozas 1773–1850 · politician
  • José Calvo y Martín
    José Calvo y Martín 1814–1904 · physician
  • Nicolás Calvo
    Nicolás Calvo 1817–1893 · politician
  • Pedro Calvo Asensio
    Pedro Calvo Asensio 1821–1863 · writer
  • Carlos Calvo
    Carlos Calvo 1824–1906 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.

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