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 Male Callis Height
178.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Callis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Callis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Callis is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Callís. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Callis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 74,678th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,107,193 people. The last name Callis is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Callis reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Callis is also the 632,267th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 205 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 5,151 people, or 1 in 70,367. In The United States Callis is primarily concentrated in: Virginia, where 14 percent live, Texas, where 13 percent live and Tennessee, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Callis is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 4 percent live.
Callis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Callis has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 642 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Callis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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 US average, with 53.57% registered to vote for 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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