Find out how popular the last name Callery is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Callery.

Callery, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Callery surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Callery in America

Callery is the 30013th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Callery surname appeared 782 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Callery.

We can also compare 2010 data for Callery to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Callery

The surname Callery is of Irish origin and dates back to the medieval period. It is a locational name, derived from the townland of Calary in County Westmeath, Ireland. The name is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Caladh Fheirdhia," meaning "the ferry landing place of Fheirdhia."

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Fiants of the Irish Chancery, which were records of royal charters, pardons, and other official documents issued by the English Crown in Ireland. In 1601, a Thomas Calery is mentioned as being granted lands in County Westmeath.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, many Irish families were dispossessed of their lands and forced to adopt Anglicized versions of their names. This was part of the English Crown's efforts to assert control over Ireland and suppress Irish culture and language.

One notable figure with the surname Callery was Sir Marmaduke Callery, who lived in the late 17th century. He was a member of the Irish Parliament and served as a Justice of the Peace for County Westmeath.

In the 19th century, the Callery family played a significant role in the Irish literary revival. Mary Callery (1825-1901) was a poet and writer who published several collections of poetry and prose. Her brother, Patrick Callery (1828-1905), was also a writer and journalist.

Another notable bearer of the name was Francis Callery (1828-1898), an Irish-born Catholic priest who served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Visakhapatnam in India from 1886 until his death.

In more recent times, James Callery (1933-2021) was a prominent American painter and sculptor known for his abstract and minimalist works. He was born in New York City to Irish immigrant parents.

The surname Callery has also been associated with various place names in Ireland, such as Calarytown and Calaryville, reflecting the original locational roots of the name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Callery

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Callery.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Callery was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Callery has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Callery was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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