Last Name CHALLIS

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Meaning Local: Of Calais. Of Norwich, Blomefield in his History says: 'In 1435 the city furnished out fouty men, well armed, and sent them to the defence of Calice.'
A cup or bowl; taken perhaps from the sign of a house or shop.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 30,199 (2000 US census) 20,993 (1990 US census)
Count 732 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.95%, or 695 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.96%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.64%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.5%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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