Kelso is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kelso
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Derived from the town of Kelso, in Roxburgshire, Scotland. Kelso was originally written Calchow, a corruption of Chalkheugh, the chalk-hill

How popular is Kelso?

Kelso is common in United States.

Kelso is ranked 32117 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kelso bearers increased by 3.720096 per cent in 2010 US census to 8671 since 2000, the surname slipped by 186 spots and ranked at 4096. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.46 88.16
Black 7.44 7.25
Others 2.49 1.81
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.51
Kelso is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 15592 people have been found who wears Kelso as their family name. Kelso is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
121,340 Spain4
122,390 Belarus4
35,789 Turkey3
14,078 Japan3
14,126 Colombia3
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,500,361 India2
50,640 Switzerland2
21,529 Singapore2
9,185 Hong Kong2
20,595 China2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
810,193 Indonesia1
2,374 Bermuda1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
153,416 Italy1
1,818 Guernsey1
15,705 Cameroon1
25,721 Egypt1
91,024 Belgium1
1,542 Andorra1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
11,831 Tajikistan1
492,292 Ukraine1
37,493 Austria1
7,292 Vietnam1
11,510 Oman1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,683 Cyprus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
6,873 Ireland44
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
2,862 Costa Rica25
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
149,112 Russia68
Countries with hundreds of Kelso:
7,288 England941
6,014 Canada716
1,695 Scotland427
823 Northern Ireland393
19,321 South Africa310
43,536 Germany235
2,061 Panama163
5,450 New Zealand140
71,478 France135
36,751 Argentina134
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Kelso:
2,801 Australia1,105
Countries with ten thousands of Kelso:
3,840 United States10,408
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Frances Kelso worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 32 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Aberdeen and arrived on May 23, 1849. Jane Kelso, aged 15, Eliza Kelso (12) Immigrant, Iron Monger William Kelso, 20 years old Jane Kelso, J. Kelso (24) Workman, Mechanic Henry Kelso, Sarah Kelso, aged 50, Paul Kelso (40) Printer, and 5 other Kelso around 58.33% of whom were printer migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Sligo.

Kelso Namesakes

  • Betsy Kelso, Actress
  • Beverley Kelso, Singer
  • Thomas Kelso Creighton, Politician
  • Bill Kelso, Baseball player
  • Florella Kelso Finney, Author
  • Bob Kelso, Soccer player
  • Megan Kelso, Writer
  • Kellyann Kelso, Actress
  • Mark Kelso, Football player
  • Bob Kelso, Soccer player
  • Sean Kelso, from 2018 comedy movie The Boy With The Nose, who played Chad Maxwell Davis.
  • In 0, Kirby Kelso portrayed the role of Holly in drama, mystery flick Bluff.

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