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
Average Male Cala Height
172.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cala is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as a variant: Çala, Čala, Calà, Calá, Ćala, Càla or Càlà. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,885th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 167,395 people. The last name Cala occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Cala live; 35 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Cala is also the 61,664th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 9,900 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 15,201 people, or 1 in 50,462. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 95 percent live, Gujarat, where 4 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Barring India this last name exists 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 occurrence of Cala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cala surname grew 19,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 8,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cala surname are 40.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.24% being registered to vote for the political 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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