Calahan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Calahan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Calahan

How popular is Calahan?

Calahan is common in United States.

Calahan is ranked 158671 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Calahans grew by 9.637357 per cent to 2207 since 2000 and ranked 13713 after elevating 78 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.77 74.37
Black 19.66 20.91
Hispanic or Latino 3.4 2.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.27 1.09
Others 1.22 0.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.25
Calahan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2337 people have been found who wears Calahan as their family name. Calahan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
184,212 France3
17,547 Colombia2
201,317 England2
151,601 Spain1
279,271 Australia1
7,292 Vietnam1
118,015 Netherlands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
28,746 Algeria1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
110,032 Canada23
Countries with thousands of Calahan:
14,733 United States2,296

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Calahan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Mersey and arrived on May 30, 1846. Catherine Calahan, aged 18, James Calahan, aged 26, 23 years old Stephen Calahan, Owen Calahan (20) Workman, Owen Calahan, aged 32, Conn. Calahan (26) Workman, Julia Calahan (19) Immigrant, 17 years old Mary Calahan, and 62 other Calahan around 64.1% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and house keeper, farmer migrated to US.

Calahan Namesakes

  • Harold Augustin Calahan, Author
  • Sharon Calahan, Cinematographer
  • Harold Augustin Calahan, Author
  • Cody Calahan, Film producer
  • Erin Calahan, Actress
  • Sharon Calahan, Cinematographer
  • Patrick Calahan, Musical Artist
  • Helen Calahan, Actress
  • Linda Calahan, Alec Lyons' mother
  • Harold Augustin Calahan, Author

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