McCallum Surname

16,233rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCallum Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of Malcolm, q.v.

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McCallum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,5151:24,9713,143
Canada8,1731:4,508636
Australia7,6181:3,544500
Scotland6,3651:841119
England4,0831:13,6462,017
New Zealand1,5831:2,861416
South Africa1,2721:42,5935,444
Jamaica6371:4,505610
Northern Ireland5381:3,429679
Wales751:41,2604,005
Thailand481:1,471,632200,579
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Guyana401:19,0562,431
France381:1,747,966156,445
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Ireland241:196,2068,013
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Peru221:1,444,73322,095
Jersey221:4,509908
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Norway161:321,39331,311
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Cayman Islands151:4,260557
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
China51:273,464,31313,838
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malta11:430,2723,380
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3061:14,4771,858
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland6,2611:59897
England4711:51,7526,267
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7921:28,0243,437

McCallum (25) may also be a first name.

McCallum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of Malcolm, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish, Scottish) The son of the tender one, i.e., one who was like a clove.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Motto: In ardua tendit (He aims at difficult things).

- takkischitt

Means "son of Callum".

- cheeky_communism

McCallum Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCallum is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCallum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 16,233rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 212,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of McCallum are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 25 people.

The last name McCallum is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 14,515 people, or 1 in 24,971. In The United States McCallum is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 88 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 22 percent live.

McCallum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCallum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McCallum surname grew 810 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 867 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 833 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCallum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Presbyterian (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCallum surname are 7.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.09% registered with the political party.

The amount McCallum earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.66% less than the national average, earning 233,059 kr per year; in Peru they earn 42.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,648 per year; in South Africa they earn 48.99% more than the national average, earning R 354,060 per year; in United States they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $44,435 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.6% more than the national average, earning $51,472 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCallum944,962/
McAllum93232/
MacCaullum892/
Maccallium891/
McCollum8828,015/
McCullum883,705/
MacAllum88111/
MacCalum8811/
MacCllum881/
MacCollum82172/
McCollaum82140/
Maccallam8223/
MacCaluim823/
MacCallom822/
Macalum8034/
McOllum8023/
McCollom752,060/
McCollam751,343/
Macallam753/
Maccalam751/
MacOllum751/
McClam711,363/
Maklum71167/
MacCollom7119/
MacCollam7116/
Macalam672,111/
Mocalam67225/
McClaim6757/
Macalom6736/
Makloum671/
Makalum671/
MacOlum670/

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McCallum Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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