Callado Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

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Family name meaning

Not every Callado is related, but the name itself grew out of Calado. Name scholars give the meaning as “Silent”.

Callado adds “l” to Calado, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Calada. In the 2010 US Census, 261 Americans gave Callado as their last name (rank 74,141). Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 64% of the total. Spain's INE counts 943 residents with Callado as first surname and 912 with it as second.

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