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The colo Surname

colo Name Meaning and History

  1. from the personal name Colo, a short form of Nicolo (see Nicholas).
  2. (Colò) nickname from medieval Greek kolos ‘lame’, classical Greek kylos.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of colo Families in the US in 1920
Number of colo families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
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