# Calder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/calder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (4,676 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Cumbric *caled (“hard”) + *duvr (“water”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calder in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Calder in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Calder

- Alexander Calder, American artist (1898–1976)
- David Calder, British actor
- Alexander Stirling Calder, American artist (1870–1945)
- William M. Calder, American politician (1869-1945)
- Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (1846–1923)

## Similar surnames

Caldera, Caulder, Calderon, Childers, Calderone, Calderwood, Childress, Coulter, Cloutier, Colter, Clutter, Claytor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.