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

Kalisch, 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 Kalisch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kalisch in America

Kalisch is the 50275th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kalisch surname appeared 416 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 Kalisch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kalisch 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 Kalisch

The surname Kalisch originated in the Kalisch region of what is now western Poland. It first appeared as early as the 12th century and was derived from the Polish word "kalish," meaning "from Kalisz," which was a prominent city in the area.

The name Kalisch was commonly found in various historical records and manuscripts from the region, including the Liber Beneficiorum, a 14th-century Catholic Church document that listed landowners and their properties. It also appeared in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of court records from the 15th to 18th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name was Jan Kalisch, a merchant and landowner who lived in the city of Kalisz in the late 13th century. Another notable figure was Piotr Kalisch, a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Teutonic War in the early 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Kalisch was associated with several prominent Jewish families in the Kalisz region, many of whom were involved in trade and commerce. One such individual was Shmuel Kalisch, a Jewish scholar and rabbi who lived in the late 16th century and wrote extensively on Jewish law and philosophy.

In the 19th century, the name Kalisch gained wider recognition with the birth of Isidor Kalisch (1816-1886), a German-Jewish scholar and translator who produced influential translations of the Hebrew Bible into German. Another notable figure from this period was Marcus Kalisch (1828-1885), a German-born Jewish scholar and writer who immigrated to England and became a prominent advocate for Jewish rights and education.

As the Kalisch surname spread beyond its Polish roots, it also appeared in other parts of Europe and eventually in North America. One example is Julius Kalisch (1825-1886), a German-born American chess master and writer who is considered one of the pioneers of modern chess theory.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kalisch

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

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 Kalisch 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 Kalisch 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 Kalisch was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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