Last Name CALLENDER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The calender, one who calenders cloth, a calenderer. 'To calenderer, to press, smooth, and set a gloss upon linnen, etc; also the engine itself.' Originated from cylinder, a roller. It is possible the name may concern some money-changer, one who kept account by the calendar. Also local, 'of Callender.' Several localities in Scotland are so called in counties Perth and Stirling.
Local: from the village of Callender in Perthshire.
Origin English, Scottish, Scottish, Irish

Rank 6,015 (2000 US census) 3,981 (1990 US census)
Count 5,266 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 58.55%, or 3083 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.69%, or 1827 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 25 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.28%, or 15 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.66%, or 140 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.34%, or 176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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