Explore the Family Name Callister

The meaning of Callister

Manx: shortened form of Manx Mac Alister ‘son of Alexander’. See McAllister.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Callister has seen a substantial increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 26,829th most popular surname in the United States. By 2010, it had risen to become the 23,957th most popular, indicating a positive change of 10.7%. The total count of individuals bearing the Callister surname also increased by 23.59%, growing from 852 people in 2000 to 1053 in 2010. Correspondingly, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people saw an uplift of 12.5%, moving from 0.32 in 2000 to 0.36 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,829	#23,957	10.7%
Count	852	1,053	23.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.36	12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Callister

Turning to the ethnic identity tied to the surname Callister, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with the Callister surname identified as White, making up 97.54% in 2000 and 95.63% in 2010, a slight decrease of 1.96%. There were no reported individuals identifying as either Asian/Pacific Islander or of two or more races in both census years. However, there was an emergence of Black ethnicity representation in 2010 that was not present in 2000, accounting for 0.47% of the Callisters. Furthermore, there was a significant increase of 320% in the Hispanic representation within the Callister surname bearers, rising from 0.70% in 2000 to 2.94% in 2010. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained steady at 0% for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.54%	95.63%	-1.96%
Hispanic	0.7%	2.94%	320%
Black	0%	0.47%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%