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    The surname Calaway

    A surname, carried by 1,590 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkæləweɪ/ 3 syllables Soundex C400

    Calaway: #17,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calaway #17,662, 1,590 people Calaway: #17,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calaway #17,662, 1,590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calaway is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,590 people named Calaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,180 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,491.

    #17,662
    rank among US surnames
    1,590
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,436)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,657Dattilo1,591194,058
    #17,662Brownstein1,590194,180
    #17,668Moravec1,589194,302

    Who is named Calaway

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Calaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Calaways

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • The Undertaker
      American professional wrestler, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calaway

    Calaway has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calaway?
    1,590 people in the United States had the surname Calaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,180 Americans. It ranked 17,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calaway?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Calaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Calaway?
    The Undertaker, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Calaway most common?
    Wikidata records people named Calaway in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Calaway?
    Calaway is /ˈkæləweɪ/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Calaway getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,590 in 2010, up 6.6%.