Calaça Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Calaça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calaça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
Brazil1331:1,609,58153,222
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Calaca (3,462) are calculated separately.

Calaça Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Calaça Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Calaça is found in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Calaca. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calaça? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 846,108th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Calaça live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Portugal, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 65,114. Not including Portugal this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 41 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Calaça Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Calaça has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Calaça surname increased 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calaca943,462/
Callaça925/
Calaza83675/
Kalaça83176/
Calasa8354/
Calaço8312/
Colaça8310/
Calaxa834/
Calayca77809/
Callaca77486/
Kalaçay77285/
Calassa77197/
Calacia7751/
Calasas7749/
Calacha7745/
Calhaço7738/
Calazza7725/
Calaica7716/
Calaiza7711/
Calacay779/
Caliaca777/
Calatza776/
Calauca774/
Callaza774/
Calasat773/
Calaaca773/
Calasea772/
Calacai771/
Calasay771/
Caliasa771/
Calaaza771/
Calauza771/
Calatca771/
Collaça771/
Calausa771/
Calaycay712,371/
Callassa7122/
Ccalacia712/
Calasaus712/
Callacay711/
Calassas711/
Calasais711/
Calaaisa711/
Scalassa711/
Kalasa6718,648/
Salasa677,949/
Caloca673,113/
Colaço672,556/
Calosa671,459/
Kalaza67796/
Salaza67517/
Calaco67514/
Caloza67488/
Zalasa67210/
Zalaza67103/
Colasa6781/
Qalaza6744/
Kalaca6728/
Jalasa6724/
Calaso6721/
Kalača6712/
Colaza678/
Calazo676/
Kalaxa672/
Kaloça671/
Jalača671/
Callacias671/
Ccallasia671/
Qalasa671/

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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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  • 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 Calaça
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