Calcutta Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Calcutta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calcutta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius491:26,3965,374
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Chile181:978,69319,774
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England81:6,964,757184,742
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Calcutta (22) may also be a first name.

Calcutta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Calcutta has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calcutta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,589,322nd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Calcutta live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 38 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Calcutta is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 22 people.

The last name Calcutta is most frequently used in Mauritius, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 26,396. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 88 percent are found, Port Louis District, where 8 percent are found and Moka District, where 2 percent are found. Barring Mauritius it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and Chile, where 14 percent are found.

Calcutta Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Calcutta earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.38% less than the national average, earning R 113,160 per year and in Canada they earn 9.48% less than the national average, earning $44,971 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calcuta938/
Calcutteea89121/
Calcutti8878/
Calcutte885/
Calcutto883/
Kalcutta881/
Calcuttee822/
Calcuteea821/
Calcota805/
Calcuti803/
Salcuta801/
Jalsutta751/
Calcotte751/
Kalkutta751/
Callcotte710/
Calcote671,720/
Kalkuta6741/
Kaljuta6716/
Kalcuti674/
Calcoti670/

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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
  • 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 Calcutta
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