Is There a Kallen Coat of Arms?

Kallen is a German surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “dweller at the sign of the cock”.

• Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.
• The 2010 US Census counted 497 people named Kallen, ranking it number 43,438 among American surnames.
• Names that sound alike, such as Callen and Killeen, are easily confused in old records.

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Kallen name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. Research your Kallen family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.