How common is the surname Calder?

4,915 people in the United States had the surname Calder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,817 Americans. It ranked 6,848th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Calder?

Alexander Calder, American artist (1898–1976), followed by David Calder.

Where is the surname Calder most common?

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

Is the surname Calder getting more or less common?

More common. 4,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,915 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Calder

A surname, carried by 4,915 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calder is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,915 people named Calder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,817 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,676.

#6,848

rank among US surnames

4,915

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,661)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,839	Takahashi	4,928	62,651
#6,840	Hovey	4,927	62,664
#6,842	Engelhardt	4,924	62,702
#6,843	Torgerson	4,923	62,715
#6,845	Bannon	4,921	62,740
#6,846	Bürg	4,919	62,766
#6,847	Kuehl	4,918	62,779

Who is named Calder

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

86% of people named Calder identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Calders

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Calder
American artist (1898–1976)
David Calder
British actor, born 1946
Alexander Stirling Calder
American artist (1870–1945)
William M. Calder
American politician (1869-1945)
Alexander Milne Calder
American sculptor (1846–1923)

Notable Calders come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Calder

Calder has the Soundex code C436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C436.

Questions

Where does the surname Calder come from?: From Cumbric *caled (“hard”) + *duvr (“water”)
How common is the surname Calder?: 4,915 people in the United States had the surname Calder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,817 Americans. It ranked 6,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Calder?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Calder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Calder?: Alexander Calder, American artist (1898–1976), followed by David Calder.
Where is the surname Calder most common?: Wikidata records people named Calder in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Calder getting more or less common?: More common. 4,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,915 in 2010, up 5.1%.