I WANT TO KNOW THE ORlGIN OF THE LAST NAME KILO???

Question

My grandpa had the last name Kilo....I searched everywhere!!!! I can't find an origin for his last name.

Can anyone recognize this last name? Is there any alternate spellings im not aware of?

Answer 1

I don't know i'm afriad i can't help i never of heard of the name

Answer 2

I see Kilo in Scotland early 1600's and also in Finland and Australia later. This site also gives alternate spellings. Kilonen is a good alternate spelling it was common to put = nen on ending surname males.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/f...

Answer 3

Interesting. Kilo is a measure of weight. Not sure where it is used as a surname.

Kyllo perhaps? That would be a Greek name.

When immigrants came to North America, officials at the borders (who were often not very literate themselves) either wrote down what they thought they heard as a name, or simply made up a name and gave it to the person. They couldn't do that today, but that's what happened a century ago. In my family history, siblings and cousins who entered the country at different times were given different spellings of their names and some were so varied you would never even know they were from the same family stock. Most of the immigrants didn't speak much (if any) English and were certainly not in a position to argue with anyone in authority, so they just accepted it as the way things were done in this new country.

Answer 4

Early immigrants with this name came from Sweden, Germany and Bohemia.  To find your grandpa's origin, you will have to do the research.

Answer 5

Surname: Kiloh

Recorded in a wide range of spellings which are believed to include MacKelloch, MacKellough, MacCollough, McCollough, Coloe, Coloh, Collough, Kellough, Killough, Kiloe, Kilo, and Killow, this in a very confusing surname. Strictly speaking it can be Scottish, Irish and English, and in some cases in Ireland, possibly all three! In general terms for most name holders it is probably Gaelic, and certainly so when precceded by Mac or Mc, it is almost certainly a variant spelling of MacCulloch, an old name from Galloway. The meaning of the neame is the 'Wild Boar', from ancient word 'cullach'. However where the surname has often lost its prefix, it can be from Kelloe, an English surname from a village in County Durham. This name was introduced into Ireland from about 1640, as part of the plan to increase the protestant population of the country. Over the centuries given that education was almost nil and few could even spell their name, Kelloe metamorphised into many forms as above, of which the most popular were probably the Gaelic looking Kellough and Killough. Examples of early recordings in surviving registers of Ireland include Marie Kelogh, who was christened at the church of St John the Evangelist, Dublin, on February 6th 1642, Anne Coloh, who was christened at St Michans church, Dublin, on June 5th 1666, and Jane Killough, who was christened at Finvoy, in County Antrim, of August 31st 1865.