Calame Surname
Approximately 2,864 people bear this surname
Calame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 999 | 1:8,221 | 1,341 |
| United States | 788 | 1:459,973 | 39,258 |
| France | 672 | 1:98,843 | 14,460 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Netherlands | 105 | 1:160,830 | 23,699 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Jamaica | 31 | 1:92,579 | 4,005 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Calamé (10) are calculated separately.
Calame Demographics
Average Calame Salary in
United States
$48,962 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Calame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calame (Hindi: कलाम) is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Calamé. Click here for other possible spellings of Calame.
How Common Is The Last Name Calame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Calame is the 153,491st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,544,534 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Calame reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Calame is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 999 people, or 1 in 8,221. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, where 46 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 18 percent reside and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Switzerland this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and France, where 23 percent reside.
Calame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Calame has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Calame surname grew 1,051 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Calame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Calame last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Calame earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 22.07% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,663 per year; in United States they earn 13.47% more than the national average, earning $48,962 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.26% less than the national average, earning $40,113 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Calame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Calame in the Hindi language | ||
| कलाम | kalama | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Calame
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis