# Call (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/call/  
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) | 15,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,376 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,148 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (14,903 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, shortened from McCall. * As an English surname, from the noun caul (“kind of headdress or cap”). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English calwe (“bald”). * Also as an English surname, from a Middle English derivative of Latin caulae (“sheepfold”). * As a Catalan surname, from the noun call (“narrow track”), from Latin callis (“path”). Compare Calle. * As a German surname, Americanized from Koll, Goll.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Call 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Call in the United States.

## People named Call

- Brandon Call, American actor
- David Call, American actor (born 1982)
- R. D. Call, American actor
- Wilkinson Call, American politician (1834–1910)
- Evan Call, American music arranger and composer

## Similar surnames

Calle, Cale, Cali, Coll, Cull, Calo, Caley, Cail, Callow, Cala, Cal, Cahill.

## 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.