How common is the surname Calverley?

604 people in the United States had the surname Calverley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Calverley?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Calverley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Calverley?

Ernie Calverley, American basketball player and coach (1924–2003).

Where is the surname Calverley most common?

Wikidata records people named Calverley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Calverley?

Calverley is /ˈkælvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Calverley getting more or less common?

More common. 570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Calverley

An English place surname, carried by 604 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkælvə(ɹ)li/ 3 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calverley is more common than 77.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Calverley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 604 people named Calverley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 570.

#36,970

rank among US surnames

604

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #36,917)

Who is named Calverley

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

93% of people named Calverley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

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 Calverleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernie Calverley
American basketball player and coach (1924–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Calverley

Calverley has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Calverley come from?: From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
How common is the surname Calverley?: 604 people in the United States had the surname Calverley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Calverley?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Calverley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Calverley?: Ernie Calverley, American basketball player and coach (1924–2003).
Where is the surname Calverley most common?: Wikidata records people named Calverley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Calverley?: Calverley is /ˈkælvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Calverley?: Calverley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Calverley getting more or less common?: More common. 570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, up 6.0%.