How common is the surname Callaway?

13,819 people in the United States had the surname Callaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,342 Americans. It ranked 2,610th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Callaway?

Bo Callaway, American politician and businessman (1927–2014), followed by Liz Callaway.

Where is the surname Callaway most common?

Wikidata records people named Callaway in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Callaway?

Callaway is /ˈkæləweɪ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Callaway getting more or less common?

More common. 13,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,819 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Callaway

A surname, carried by 13,819 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæləweɪ/ 3 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Callaway is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,819 people named Callaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,342 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,354.

#2,610

rank among US surnames

13,819

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,601	Pfeiffer	13,851	22,290
#2,602	Whipple	13,850	22,292
#2,604	Strauss	13,840	22,308
#2,605	Braswell	13,838	22,311
#2,606	Heaton	13,834	22,318
#2,607	Linder	13,830	22,324
#2,608	Hills	13,829	22,326

Who is named Callaway

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

78% of people named Callaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Callaways

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bo Callaway
American politician and businessman (1927–2014)
Liz Callaway
American actress and singer (born 1961)
Oscar Callaway
American politician (1872-1947)
Mickey Callaway
American professional baseball coach and former pitcher, born 1975
Sydney Callaway
Australian cricketer (1868-1923)
CeeLo Green
American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer, born 1975

Notable Callaways come mostly from the United States (5) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Callaway

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

Questions

How common is the surname Callaway?: 13,819 people in the United States had the surname Callaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,342 Americans. It ranked 2,610th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Callaway?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Callaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Callaway?: Bo Callaway, American politician and businessman (1927–2014), followed by Liz Callaway.
Where is the surname Callaway most common?: Wikidata records people named Callaway in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Callaway?: Callaway is /ˈkæləweɪ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Callaway getting more or less common?: More common. 13,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,819 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Callaway?: Calloway and Calaway.