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The surname Kalis

A surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K420

Kalis: #22,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kalis #22,770, 1,125 people Kalis: #22,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kalis #22,770, 1,125 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kalis is more common than 86% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,125 people named Kalis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

#22,770
rank among US surnames
1,125
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.2%
change since 2000 (was #21,638)

Who is named Kalis

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

94% of people named Kalis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kalis

Kalis has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Questions

How common is the surname Kalis?
1,125 people in the United States had the surname Kalis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kalis?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kalis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kalis getting more or less common?
More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 0.2%.