Callender Surname

36,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Callender Surname Definition:

Occup 'the calender,' one who calenders cloth, a calenderer. Cowper's 'John Gilpin' has immortalized the word. 'To calender (F. calendrier), to press, smooth, and set a gloss upon linnen, &c.; also the engine itself (Bailey's Dict., edit.

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Callender Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,9131:45,8065,579
England1,6451:33,8714,479
Barbados1,3241:21745
Trinidad and Tobago9631:1,416208
Canada5751:64,0797,462
Panama3931:9,955895
Guyana3591:2,123380
Jamaica1811:15,8561,493
New Zealand1561:29,0285,072
Australia1481:182,40318,373
Bahamas1181:3,320404
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Scotland731:73,3405,569
Saint Lucia681:2,629413
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
Wales321:96,7047,743
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Bermuda171:3,840587
United States Virgin Islands161:6,8981,043
Israel101:855,76354,181
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
France61:11,070,454349,096
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Saint Kitts and Nevis51:11,040818
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belize11:355,4743,977
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland521:85,1905,835
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4051:60,1867,051
Scotland1981:18,9051,931
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6801:73,8517,909

Callender (29) may also be a first name.

Callender Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Occup 'the calender,' one who calenders cloth, a calenderer. Cowper's 'John Gilpin' has immortalized the word. 'To calender (F. calendrier), to press, smooth, and set a gloss upon linnen, &c.; also the engine itself (Bailey's Dict., edit. 1737). Orig. from cylinder, a roller.

Robert le Kalendar, Close Rolls, 6 Edward I. It is possible this entry may concern some money-changer, one who kept accounts by the calendar.

'The Goldsmiths, Diers, Calanderers, and Sadlers' (order of Procession of Crafts on Corpus Christi Day (1533) from Common Hall, Norwich): History of Norfolk.

(2) Local, 'of Callender.' Several localities in Scotland are so called in Perthshire and Stirlingshire.

1748. Married — John Callander and Ann Bradshaw: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1794. — James Callender and Jane Rannte: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Callander, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local: from the village of Callender in Perthshire.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Callender: one who puts a gloss on linen.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Callender Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Callender Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Callender (Arabic: كالندر) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Callender? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,588th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 505,623 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Callender are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 29 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 7,913 people, or 1 in 45,806. In The United States Callender is most common in: New York, where 22 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States Callender exists in 61 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Barbados, where 9 percent live.

Callender Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Callender has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Callender surname rose 1,164 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 406 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 63 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 35 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 640 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Callender Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Callender last name is chiefly Anglican (38%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Callender last name are 5.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.53% being registered with the party.

The amount Callender earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.2% less than the national average, earning R 80,316 per year; in United States they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $44,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $50,506 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Callender Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Callender in the Arabic language
كالندرkalndr-

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