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    The surname Calixte

    A French surname, carried by 1,862 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C423

    Calixte: #15,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calixte #15,673, 1,862 people Calixte: #15,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calixte #15,673, 1,862 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calixte is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Calixte.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,862 people named Calixte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,814 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

    #15,673
    rank among US surnames
    1,862
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +61.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,209)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,669Donaghy1,863165,725
    #15,673Calixte1,862165,814
    #15,681Bertolini1,861165,903

    Who is named Calixte

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

    94% of people named Calixte identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calixte

    Calixte has the Soundex code C423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C423.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Calixte come from?
    Borrowed from French Calixte.
    How common is the surname Calixte?
    1,862 people in the United States had the surname Calixte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,814 Americans. It ranked 15,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calixte?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Calixte identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Calixte getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,862 in 2010, up 62%.