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The Calmes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,009 people carried this name — #24,718 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 984 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 538 people named Calmes.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Aveyron 193
Tarn 94
Hérault 53
Moselle 49
Meurthe-et-Moselle 26
Haute-Garonne 20
Paris 16
Hauts-de-Seine 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Calmes live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 9
Valais 7
Bern 3
Geneva 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Calmes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Calmes Buck
    William Calmes Buck 1790–1872
  • Christian Calmes
    Christian Calmes 1913–1995 · lawyer
  • Michael Calmes d. 1958 · writer
  • Albert Calmes 1881–1967 · economist
  • Selma Calmes 1940– · anesthesiologist
  • Jack Calmes 1943–2015 · inventor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Calmes.

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