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    The surname Call

    A surname, carried by 15,324 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Call is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,324 people named Call in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,148 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,903.

    #2,376
    rank among US surnames
    15,324
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,238)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,367Wray15,40520,042
    #2,368Trinh15,39220,059
    #2,369Ruff15,38320,071
    #2,370Sousa15,37720,078
    #2,371Mahan15,37520,081
    #2,372Leone15,36420,095
    #2,373He15,36320,097

    Who is named Call

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

    93% of people named Call identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Calls

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brandon Call
      American actor, born 1976
    • David Call
      American actor (born 1982)
    • R. D. Call
      American actor, 1950–2020
    • Wilkinson Call
      American politician (1834–1910)
    • Evan Call
      American music arranger and composer, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Call

    Call has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Call come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Call?
    15,324 people in the United States had the surname Call in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,148 Americans. It ranked 2,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Call?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Call identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Call?
    Brandon Call, American actor, followed by David Call.
    Where is the surname Call most common?
    Wikidata records people named Call in the United States.
    Is the surname Call getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,324 in 2010, up 2.8%.