# Callas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/callas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,437 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,977 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 214,854 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (1,286 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Callas 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Callas in the United States.

## People named Callas

- Maria Meneghini Callas, American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)
- Charlie Callas, American actor, comedian, and jazz drummer (1927-2011)

## Similar surnames

Callis, Calles, Cales, Calise, Callies, Calleja, Calk, Calica, Coles, Collazo, Close, Clough.

## 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.