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    The surname Calix

    A surname, carried by 2,137 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C420

    Calix: #14,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calix #14,076, 2,137 people Calix: #14,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calix #14,076, 2,137 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calix is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,137 people named Calix in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,476 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

    #14,076
    rank among US surnames
    2,137
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +76.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,397)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,067Castiglione2,139144,341
    #14,070Mazon2,138144,409
    #14,076Ellefson2,137144,476
    #14,082Pai2,136144,544
    #14,084Youngberg2,135144,611

    Who is named Calix

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

    89% of people named Calix identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calix

    Calix has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calix?
    2,137 people in the United States had the surname Calix in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,476 Americans. It ranked 14,076th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calix?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Calix identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Calix getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,137 in 2010, up 77%.