Explore the Family Name Calland

The meaning of Calland

1. Manx: variant of Scottish and Irish Callan. 2. Americanized form of Norwegian Kalland or its variant Kaland. 3. Possibly also French: metonymic occupational name for someone who owned or sailed a large cargo vessel, from a Picard or southern French variant of Old French chaland ‘large cargo vessel’.

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How common is the last name Calland in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Calland has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 56,979 and by 2010 it had dropped to 61,585. This represents an overall negative change of about 8.08%. Similarly, the count of individuals with the Calland surname also decreased marginally from 335 in 2000 to 326 in 2010, marking a decrease of approximately 2.69%. Overall, the proportion per 100k people also saw a decline from 0.12 in 2000 down to 0.11 in 2010, a drop of 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,979	#61,585	-8.08%
Count	335	326	-2.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Calland

When analyzing the ethnic identity associated with the Calland surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census, we find that there are no marked numbers for Asian/Pacific Islander origin or those identifying as having two or more races. The majority identify as White, with percentages relatively stable at 78.51% in 2000 and a slight increase to 78.53% in 2010. A new representation appeared in 2010 with 2.15% identifying as Hispanic where there were none in 2000. Those identifying as Black decreased from 19.70% in 2000 to 18.10% in 2010. There was no data for American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	78.51%	78.53%	0.03%
Black	19.7%	18.1%	-8.12%
Hispanic	0%	2.15%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%