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    The surname Callaham

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,266 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C450

    Callaham: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Callaham #20,843, 1,266 people Callaham: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Callaham #20,843, 1,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Callaham is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Callahan.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,266 people named Callaham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

    #20,843
    rank among US surnames
    1,266
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,004)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Callaham

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

    61% of people named Callaham identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Callaham

    Callaham has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Callaham come from?
    Variant of Callahan.
    How common is the surname Callaham?
    1,266 people in the United States had the surname Callaham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. It ranked 20,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Callaham?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Callaham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Callaham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,266 in 2010, up 8.6%.