Callis Surname
Approximately 6,582 people bear this surname
Callis Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'from Calais'; v. Challis and Challice.
John de Caleys, Jersey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Robert de Calavs, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameCallis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,151 | 1:70,367 | 8,161 |
| England | 659 | 1:84,549 | 9,288 |
| Spain | 263 | 1:177,764 | 12,592 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 1:59,583 | 9,301 |
| France | 67 | 1:991,384 | 111,008 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Chile | 31 | 1:568,273 | 13,994 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Cuba | 17 | 1:677,807 | 5,957 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 374 | 1:65,175 | 7,477 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 802 | 1:62,617 | 6,845 |
The alternate forms: Callís (17) are calculated separately.
Callis (205) may also be a first name.
Callis Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'from Calais'; v. Challis and Challice.
John de Caleys, Jersey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Robert de Calavs, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Henricus de Calays, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertas Calas, 1379: ibid.
1560. Buried — a poor starved Callis man: Reg. Allhallows, Barking.
1603. Thomas Walker and Judith Callice: Marriage Lic. (London).
1798. Married — Thomas Callis and Peggy Brolliat: St. George, Hanover Square-.
(Anglo-French-Celt.) belonging to Calais, anciently (13th cent.) Calesium, prob. a Celtic name, and perh. referable to caolas, ‘a strait.'
The French town, Calais, possessed by the English from temp. Edward II. to Queen Mary.
See Callass. This and Cales were the usual forms of the name Calais in the 16th cent.
Callis Demographics
Average Callis Salary in
United States
$43,476 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Callis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Callis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Callis is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms: Callís. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Callis? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,678th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,107,193 people. The last name Callis is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Callis live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 632,267th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 205 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 5,151 people, or 1 in 70,367. In The United States Callis is mostly found in: Virginia, where 14 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Tennessee, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside and Spain, where 4 percent reside.
Callis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Callis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Callis last name rose 642 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Callis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (87%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Callis last name are 6.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.57% registered with the political party.
The amount Callis earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.76% more than the national average, earning R 465,204 per year; in United States they earn 0.76% more than the national average, earning $43,476 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning $47,154 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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