The Colo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 414 people carried this name — #50,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 380 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 459 people named Colo 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 100 people named Colo.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Drôme.
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
31 people named Colo live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
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 Colo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Don Colo 1925–2019 · American football player -
Papo Colo 1946– · artist
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Harouna Colo 1978– · politician
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Nando de Colo 1987– · basketball player
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Nobel Boungou Colo 1988– · basketball player
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Nobel Boungou Colo 1988– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colo.
- Colling 1,042 · U.S. census
- Collins 329,770 · U.S. census
- Collon 167 · U.S. census
- Collura 1,557 · U.S. census
- Colly 148 · U.S. census
- Colman 3,916 · U.S. census
- Colom 413 · U.S. census
- Coloma 1,686 · U.S. census
- Colomb 757 · U.S. census
- Colombani 137 · U.S. census
- Colombe 401 · U.S. census
- Colombel 107 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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