How common is the surname Calvert?

17,619 people in the United States had the surname Calvert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,523 Americans. It ranked 2,043rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Calvert?

Casey Calvert, American pornographic film actress (born 1989/1990), followed by Frank Calvert.

Where is the surname Calvert most common?

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

Is the surname Calvert getting more or less common?

More common. 17,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,619 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Calvert

An English surname, carried by 17,619 people in the United States.

2 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). Calvert is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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 17,619 people named Calvert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,523 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,169.

#2,043

rank among US surnames

17,619

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,035	Cerda	17,703	17,440
#2,036	Lo	17,687	17,456
#2,037	Marcus	17,671	17,472
#2,038	Crain	17,650	17,493
#2,039	Cagle	17,647	17,496
#2,040	Bauman	17,641	17,502
#2,041	Friend	17,635	17,508

Who is named Calvert

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

88% of people named Calvert identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Calverts

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1884–1974
John Calvert
American magician (1911-2013)
Frederick Crace Calvert
British chemist (1819-1873)
Louisa Atkinson
Anglo-Australian writer, illustrator and botanical collector (1834-1872)

Notable Calverts come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Calvert

Calvert 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 Calvert come from?: From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.
How common is the surname Calvert?: 17,619 people in the United States had the surname Calvert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,523 Americans. It ranked 2,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Calvert?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Calvert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Calvert?: Casey Calvert, American pornographic film actress (born 1989/1990), followed by Frank Calvert.
Where is the surname Calvert most common?: Wikidata records people named Calvert in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Calvert getting more or less common?: More common. 17,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,619 in 2010, up 2.6%.