Last Name KELSO

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Meaning	Local: from Kelsoland in Ayrshire. The family are descended from Hugo de Kelso of Kelsoland, 1296. Local: Derived from the town of Kelso, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Kelso was originally written 'Calchow,' a corruption of 'Chalkheugh,' the chalk-hill.

Origin	Scottish, Irish

Rank	3,910 (2000 US census)	3,589 (1990 US census)

Count	8,360 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.16%, or 7370 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.25%, or 606 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 43 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.66%, or 55 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.81%, or 151 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 135 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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