Kilo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Clipping of kilogram
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kiloʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kilo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- TZTanzania≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 61K
- FIFinland1 in 71K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 120 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Clipping of kilogram.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kilo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Kilo | 11 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 211K | — | Kilo | 19 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 463K | — | Kilo | 37 |
| KE Kenya | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Kilo | 4 |
| SY Syria | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Kilo | 11 |
| IN India | 227 | 1 in 5.8M | 227 | — | 5 |
| MA Morocco | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | Kilo | 7 |
| FI Finland | 79 | 1 in 71K | 79 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kilo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Hawaiian, stargazer, reader of omens, seer, astrologer, necromancer; kind of looking glass (rare); to watch closely, spy, examine, look around, observe, forecast.
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
alternative letter-case form of Kilo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Tongan, glance to one side, look out of the corner of the eyes
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Slovenian, accusative/instrumental singular of kila
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In niu, to turn the head without moving the body
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michel Kilob. 1940SYSyrian writer (1940–2021)
- John KiloUSbasketball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 370 | #9,006 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 227 | #16,266 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 79 | #15,378 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 26 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Kilo?
- A machine transcription gives /kiloʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kilo mean, and where does it come from?
- Clipping of kilogram. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kilo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Kilo in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kilo.
- How common is the name Kilo?
- In India, the national register counted 227 people named Kilo, about 1 in 5.8 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kiloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kilo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.