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    The surname Calles

    A surname, carried by 3,026 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C420

    Calles: #10,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calles #10,589, 3,026 people Calles: #10,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calles #10,589, 3,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calles is more common than 93.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,026 people named Calles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,031 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

    #10,589
    rank among US surnames
    3,026
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,582Hanshaw3,030101,896
    #10,584Vidrine3,029101,930
    #10,587Biller3,028101,964
    #10,589Stgeorge3,026102,031
    #10,593Butters3,025102,065
    #10,596Coan3,024102,098
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166

    Who is named Calles

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

    85% of people named Calles identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Calless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Plutarco Elías Calles
      47th President of Mexico, 1877–1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calles

    Calles has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calles?
    3,026 people in the United States had the surname Calles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,031 Americans. It ranked 10,589th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calles?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Calles identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Calles?
    Plutarco Elías Calles, 47th President of Mexico.
    Where is the surname Calles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Calles in Mexico.
    Is the surname Calles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,026 in 2010, up 53%.