How common is the surname Callow?

1,177 people in the United States had the surname Callow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Callow?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Callow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Callow?

Simon Callow, British actor, followed by Phyllis Hodges Boyce.

Where is the surname Callow most common?

Wikidata records people named Callow in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Callow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Callow

A surname, carried by 1,177 people in the United States.

2 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). Callow is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,177 people named Callow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#22,026

rank among US surnames

1,177

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Callow

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

95% of people named Callow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Callows

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Simon Callow
British actor, born 1949
Phyllis Hodges Boyce
American actress (1936-2010)

Notable Callows come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Callow

Callow 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 Callow?: 1,177 people in the United States had the surname Callow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Callow?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Callow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Callow?: Simon Callow, British actor, followed by Phyllis Hodges Boyce.
Where is the surname Callow most common?: Wikidata records people named Callow in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Callow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, down 2.8%.