Calder Surname
Approximately 24,635 people bear this surname
Calder Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Calder,' from residence beside the Calder, one of the many rivers of that name.
Adam de Calder, 1179: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Read More About This SurnameCalder Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,067 | 1:51,289 | 6,183 |
| England | 3,843 | 1:14,499 | 2,138 |
| Canada | 3,328 | 1:11,071 | 1,660 |
| Australia | 3,293 | 1:8,198 | 1,216 |
| Scotland | 3,127 | 1:1,712 | 311 |
| New Zealand | 1,652 | 1:2,741 | 396 |
| South Africa | 637 | 1:85,051 | 10,461 |
| Jamaica | 411 | 1:6,983 | 843 |
| Guyana | 169 | 1:4,510 | 804 |
| Northern Ireland | 150 | 1:12,300 | 1,807 |
| Wales | 137 | 1:22,588 | 2,401 |
| Thailand | 84 | 1:840,933 | 134,389 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 76 | 1:17,947 | 2,168 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Grenada | 19 | 1:5,712 | 632 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 47 | 1:94,252 | 6,181 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3,340 | 1:1,121 | 195 |
| England | 851 | 1:28,643 | 3,880 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:78,421 | 3,652 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,145 | 1:43,859 | 5,087 |
Calder (473) may also be a first name.
Calder Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Calder,' from residence beside the Calder, one of the many rivers of that name.
Adam de Calder, 1179: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
1711. Buried — Robert, s. John Calder: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1798. Married — Henry Calder and Hannah Henderson: St. George, Hanover Square.
Hugh de Kaledouer witnessed a charter by William the Lion at Munros (Montrose), c. 1178—98 (RAA., I, 76), and the gift of a toft in Forfar to Willelmus de Haia by the same king (SCM., II, p. 304). In the same reign he granted forty acres in Buthyrgasc to the Abbey of Scone (Scon, p. 19), and witnessed a charter by Swan filius Thori (ibid., p. 18). Donald of Calder, lord of that Ilk, acquired half of Dolmaglas (Dunmaglas) in 1419 (Cawdor, p. 6—8) from William Meignes, being previously owner of the other half. Farchardus de Caldor was prebendarius de Crechmont, 1461 (REA., II, p. 91), and John Calder, Bute Pursuivant in 1589, appears again in 1591 as John Cadder (ER., XXII, p. 16,175). Calder and Caddell, Caithness surnames, are from Calder or Cawdor. Calder in Caithness" in its older form of Caldell, is of considerable antiquity, and in the middle of the seventeenth century few names in the county are of more frequent occurrence" (Henderson, Caithness families, p. 209). Johannes Cauder in Murthlac, and George Caulder in Petglasse appear in 1550 (Illus., II, p. 261). William Musgrave Calder, U. S. Senator, was grandson of Scots from Aberdeen.
(Celtic) belonging to Calder, properly a stream-name, perh. = 'the Wooded Stream’ [Gaelic coille, a wood + dur, a stream], but more likely = 'the Water- Brook ’ [Welsh call, a breaking or starting out + dwr, water]
(Celtic) Stony Water [Celtic cal, stone (seen in Welsh calen, whetstone, caled = Irish caladh, hard, stony, caletir— tir;ground—, hard or stony ground; Irish and Gaelic clach—for cal-ach—stone); cogn. with Latin calx, stone, and therefore with English chalk + the early form of Welsh dw(f)v, Breton dour, Irish and Gaelic dobhar, Gaulish dubr-i water] In Scottish mediaeval charters the name occurs as Caldour, Kaledour, Caledofre, Caldovere, &c.
Cp. Colne.
Rivers in Lancashire and in Scotland. Hence place name Calderwood.
(English) One who lived near the Calder (violent stream), the name of several rivers in England.
signifying a wooded stream, is a name borne by several small rivers and streams, and by places on their banks in Scotland.
Local: from the village of Calder in Nairnshire. The family are descended from Hugh son of Alexander Calder, 1440.
Local. A river in Yorkshire, England. Calduor Gaelic and Welsh, the water that incloses or shuts in.
User-submitted Reference
(English) The Calder surname comes from the name of a river in Yorkshire.
(Scottish) The Calder surname means 'wood stream' in Gaelic.
- dinn315Calder Demographics
Average Male Calder Height
177.21 cm
Average Female Calder Height
161.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Calder Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calder Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Calder is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Calder? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 22,071st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 295,821 people. The last name Calder is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Calder reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 391,396th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 473 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,067 people, or 1 in 51,289. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Utah, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 96 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.
Calder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Calder has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Calder surname increased 617 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 452 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 685 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 34 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Calder Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Calder last name is chiefly Anglican (49%) in Ireland.
In The United States Calder are 11.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.84% registered with the party.
The amount Calder earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 253.95% more than the national average, earning 1,224,940 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.15% more than the national average, earning R 344,928 per year; in United States they earn 8.67% more than the national average, earning $46,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $50,692 CAD per year.
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