Calderon Surname

689th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 792,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Calderon Surname Definition:

(Spanish) One who made and sold large kettles or boilers.

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Calderon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico170,7321:727114
Colombia110,0811:43483
Peru82,1971:38753
United States61,7261:5,872685
Costa Rica33,3351:14333
Ecuador33,3091:47864
Venezuela32,1661:939179
Chile30,8451:571129
Argentina30,6811:1,393195
Spain30,6371:1,526168
Philippines30,2561:3,346243
Guatemala30,0871:53593
Bolivia21,5461:49393
El Salvador20,4401:31064
Dominican Republic18,6341:560103
Nicaragua15,2671:39490
Honduras14,9661:589143
Cuba8,5471:1,348214
Panama6,0721:644126
Brazil1,6971:126,1494,790
Paraguay1,2661:5,716437
Israel1,2031:7,1141,094
Canada1,0151:36,3014,623
France1,0071:65,9619,094
Saudi Arabia8351:36,9535,288
Puerto Rico8211:4,324319
Uruguay4231:8,113910
England2751:202,61117,646
Belize2491:1,428329
Australia2081:129,78714,130
Saint Lucia1641:1,090209
Italy1441:424,69946,390
Singapore1241:44,4171,692
Thailand1181:598,630101,799
Sweden1161:84,8866,261
Trinidad and Tobago1121:12,1781,633
Germany1111:725,27454,868
Switzerland1041:78,9709,101
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Iceland511:7,453793
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Norway301:171,41020,526
Gibraltar291:1,171268
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Aruba281:3,696529
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Bermuda221:2,967463
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Finland131:422,82327,659
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
Barbados121:23,9541,149
China111:124,301,9616,553
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Estonia81:165,22626,217
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Dominica21:37,946685
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Macau21:300,8151,009
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:717,41046,098

The alternate forms: Calderón (4,092), Calderòn (97), Caldéron (8), Calderôn (2), Çalderon (1) & Caldérón (1) are calculated separately.

Calderon (758) may also be a first name.

Calderon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Spanish) One who made and sold large kettles or boilers.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

It is a Sephardic Jewish surname from Bitola, Macedonia. It has Slavic roots. It comes from the variations of the surname Čălderăn.

- ezra2019

Calderon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Calderon (Arabic: كالديرون) is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Calderón, Calderòn, Caldéron, Calderôn, Çalderon or Caldérón. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calderon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 689th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,199 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Calderon reside; 43 percent reside in South America and 22 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Calderon is also the 298,355th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 758 people.

The surname is most widespread in Mexico, where it is carried by 170,732 people, or 1 in 727. In Mexico Calderon is most prevalent in: Michoacán, where 13 percent reside, México, where 12 percent reside and Mexico City, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Mexico this last name occurs in 115 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 14 percent reside and Peru, where 10 percent reside.

Calderon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Calderon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 88,180 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,719 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Calderon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Calderon last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Calderon are 42.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.53% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Calderon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.22% less than the national average, earning €5,941 per year; in Norway they earn 17.88% less than the national average, earning 284,209 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,310 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.92% more than the national average, earning $23,364,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning $38,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning $46,461 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Calderon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Calderon in the Arabic language
كالديرونkaldyrwn-
كالدرونkaldrwn-

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Calderon Reference & Research

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