How common is the surname Callanan?

2,418 people in the United States had the surname Callanan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,686 Americans. It ranked 12,760th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Callanan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Callanan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Callanan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,418 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Callanan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,418 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Callanan is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Callanáin (“descendant of Callanán”), a personal name of unclear origin.

Callanan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 2,418 people named Callanan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,686 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,998.

#12,760

rank among US surnames

2,418

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+21%

change since 2000 (was #13,871)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,752	DeGraw	2,420	127,581
#12,757	Frei	2,419	127,634
#12,760	Callanan	2,418	127,686
#12,766	Stalter	2,417	127,739

Who is named Callanan

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

94% of people named Callanan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Callinan
Calnan

Callanan has the Soundex code C455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C455.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Callanan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Callanáin (“descendant of Callanán”), a personal name of unclear origin.
How common is the surname Callanan?: 2,418 people in the United States had the surname Callanan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,686 Americans. It ranked 12,760th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Callanan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Callanan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Callanan?: Callanan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Callanan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,418 in 2010, up 21%.
What are other spellings of Callanan?: Callinan and Calnan.