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

Largo, 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 Largo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Largo in America

Largo is the 15268th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Largo surname appeared 1,924 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Largo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Largo 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 Largo

The surname Largo has its origins in the Iberian Peninsula, specifically in Spain and Portugal. It is believed to have emerged during the medieval period, around the 10th to 12th centuries. The name is derived from the Spanish and Portuguese word "largo," which means "long" or "broad." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person's physical stature or perhaps a place with a long or broad feature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Largo can be found in the "Libro de las Behetrías de Castilla," a 14th-century manuscript that documented the landholdings and feudal obligations in the Kingdom of Castile. This document mentions individuals with the surname Largo residing in various regions of Castile and León.

In the 15th century, the name Largo appeared in historical records from the region of Andalusia, particularly in the city of Seville. During this time, a notable figure named Juan Largo served as a prominent merchant and trader, contributing to the city's economic prosperity.

As the Spanish Empire expanded across the Atlantic, the surname Largo traveled with colonists and settlers to the Americas. In the 16th century, Pedro Largo, a conquistador from Extremadura, participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés. Later, in the 17th century, María Largo, a native of Seville, became one of the first female landowners in the Spanish colony of Florida.

Another significant figure bearing the surname Largo was Francisco Largo Caballero, a Spanish politician and trade unionist born in 1869. He played a pivotal role in the Spanish Civil War and served as the Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic from 1936 to 1937.

In the realm of literature, the surname Largo is associated with the renowned Cuban novelist and poet Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), whose full name was Alejo Carpentier y Valmont. His novel "El reino de este mundo" (The Kingdom of This World) is considered a seminal work of the Latin American literary movement known as "lo real maravilloso" (the marvelous real).

Across the Atlantic, in the United States, the surname Largo gained prominence through individuals like Vicente Teodoro Mendoza Largo (1867-1929), a Mexican-American educator and civil rights activist who advocated for bilingual education in Texas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Largo

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

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 Largo 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 Largo 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 Largo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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