Calame

See also: calame

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swiss French Calame.

Proper noun

Calame (plural Calames)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calame is the 39960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 549 individuals. Calame is most common among White (87.61%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calame”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269.