# Calvert (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,619 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,043 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,523 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (17,169 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calvert 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Calvert in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Calvert

- Casey Calvert, American pornographic film actress (born 1989/1990)
- Frank Calvert, British archaeologist (1828–1908)
- Phyllis Calvert, British actress (1915-2002)
- E. H. Calvert, American film actor and director (1863-1941)
- Philip Powell Calvert, American entomologist (1871 – 1961)
- Catherine Calvert, American actress (1890-1971)
- Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer
- John Calvert, American magician (1911-2013)
- Frederick Crace Calvert, British chemist (1819-1873)
- Louisa Atkinson, Anglo-Australian writer, illustrator and botanical collector (1834-1872)

## Similar surnames

Colbert, Culver, Clover, Culbert, Calverley, Clifford, Culbertson, Colburn, Calabrese, Claiborne, Clapper, Cleaver.

## 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.