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    The surname Kallam

    A Telugu place surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K450

    Kallam: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kallam #41,501, 524 people Kallam: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kallam #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kallam is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    Telugu origin

    Two possible origins: * A variant of Kelham, an English habitational surname from a place in Nottinghamshire. * Borrowed from Telugu కళ్ళం (kaḷḷaṁ), a surname that is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Kallam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 498.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #41,262)

    Who is named Kallam

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

    83% of people named Kallam identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kallam

    Kallam has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kallam come from?
    Two possible origins: * A variant of Kelham, an English habitational surname from a place in Nottinghamshire. * Borrowed from Telugu కళ్ళం (kaḷḷaṁ), a surname that is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.
    How common is the surname Kallam?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Kallam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kallam?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Kallam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Kallam?
    Kallam is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Kallam getting more or less common?
    More common. 498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 5.2%.