Cala Surname
Approximately 43,535 people bear this surname
Cala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15,201 | 1:50,462 | 3,472 |
| Colombia | 6,590 | 1:7,249 | 914 |
| Cuba | 6,131 | 1:1,879 | 281 |
| Bolivia | 2,413 | 1:4,400 | 642 |
| Italy | 2,237 | 1:27,339 | 4,894 |
| Philippines | 1,947 | 1:51,997 | 8,566 |
| Argentina | 1,903 | 1:22,461 | 1,866 |
| Spain | 1,795 | 1:26,046 | 2,715 |
| United States | 1,365 | 1:265,538 | 25,001 |
| Venezuela | 511 | 1:59,108 | 2,744 |
| Albania | 449 | 1:6,490 | 1,240 |
| France | 406 | 1:163,603 | 25,496 |
| Peru | 382 | 1:83,205 | 5,719 |
| Greece | 274 | 1:40,437 | 6,511 |
| Mexico | 262 | 1:473,764 | 8,730 |
| Indonesia | 193 | 1:685,229 | 53,355 |
| South Africa | 183 | 1:296,053 | 28,632 |
| Zimbabwe | 165 | 1:93,565 | 13,336 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Taiwan | 113 | 1:207,476 | 1,777 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Çala (2,239), Čala (367), Calà (246), Calá (20), Ćala (1), Càla (1) & Càlà (1) are calculated separately.
Cala (9,900) may also be a first name.
Cala Demographics
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Cala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cala is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Çala, Čala, Calà, Calá, Ćala, Càla or Càlà. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,885th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 167,395 people. The surname Cala is predominantly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Cala reside; 35 percent reside in South Asia and 35 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 61,664th most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 9,900 people.
The surname Cala is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 15,201 people, or 1 in 50,462. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 95 percent live, Gujarat, where 4 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account India Cala is found in 83 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 15 percent live and Cuba, where 14 percent live.
Cala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cala has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 19,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 8,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cala last name are 40.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.24% being registered with the party.
The amount Cala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 0.26% more than the national average, earning €30,108 per year; in Peru they earn 1.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,667 per year; in South Africa they earn 68.53% less than the national average, earning R 74,796 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.08% less than the national average, earning $20,641,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $47,632 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $54,104 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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