Find out how popular the last name Jallo is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Jallo.

Jallo, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Jallo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jallo in America

Jallo is the 82044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jallo surname appeared 230 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Jallo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jallo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Jallo

The surname Jallo is believed to have originated in the region of Sicily, Italy, during the Middle Ages. It likely emerged from an occupational surname derived from the Italian word "giallo," meaning "yellow." This could suggest that the name was initially given to someone who worked with yellow dyes or fabrics.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Jallo can be found in the Sicilian municipal records of the late 13th century. These documents mention a certain Petrus Jallo, a merchant from the town of Palermo, who was involved in the trade of saffron and other yellow-hued goods.

In the 15th century, the name appears in various Sicilian cadastral registers, indicating the presence of families bearing the Jallo surname in various towns and villages across the island. One such notable reference is to a Vincenzo Jallo, a landowner from the town of Messina, who was listed in the local tax records of 1487.

The surname Jallo also has a connection to the Spanish occupation of Sicily in the 16th and 17th centuries. During this period, a variant spelling, "Xallo," was adopted by some families, reflecting the influence of Spanish orthography on Italian surnames.

In the 18th century, a notable figure with the surname Jallo was Giuseppe Jallo, a Sicilian painter born in 1717 in Trapani. His works, primarily religious paintings and frescoes, can still be found in various churches throughout western Sicily.

Another prominent individual bearing the Jallo surname was Vincenzo Jallo, a lawyer and politician from Palermo, born in 1825. He served as a deputy in the Sicilian Parliament during the Risorgimento, the movement for Italian unification in the 19th century.

Other historical figures with the surname Jallo include Antonio Jallo, a 19th-century Sicilian philosopher and writer from Catania, and Gaetano Jallo, a 20th-century architect from Messina who was involved in the reconstruction efforts after the devastating earthquake of 1908.

While the surname Jallo is most prevalent in Sicily and southern Italy, it has also been carried by families who emigrated to other parts of the world, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jallo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jallo.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Jallo was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Jallo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Jallo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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