Calleja Surname
Approximately 40,940 people bear this surname
Calleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12,005 | 1:3,894 | 480 |
| Mexico | 10,812 | 1:11,480 | 1,111 |
| Philippines | 6,148 | 1:16,467 | 1,891 |
| Malta | 3,392 | 1:127 | 30 |
| United States | 1,786 | 1:202,945 | 19,933 |
| Australia | 1,392 | 1:19,393 | 2,685 |
| Venezuela | 1,175 | 1:25,706 | 1,689 |
| Argentina | 992 | 1:43,088 | 3,633 |
| France | 640 | 1:103,786 | 15,322 |
| England | 337 | 1:165,335 | 15,337 |
| Canada | 316 | 1:116,600 | 12,375 |
| Cuba | 223 | 1:51,671 | 2,090 |
| Bolivia | 211 | 1:50,315 | 2,683 |
| Colombia | 207 | 1:230,793 | 5,231 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Chile | 152 | 1:115,898 | 4,216 |
| Thailand | 151 | 1:467,804 | 81,807 |
| Brazil | 85 | 1:2,518,522 | 76,509 |
| Uruguay | 83 | 1:41,346 | 4,721 |
| Peru | 81 | 1:392,397 | 12,711 |
| Ecuador | 80 | 1:198,823 | 7,830 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Costa Rica | 62 | 1:77,098 | 1,454 |
| Belgium | 47 | 1:244,609 | 30,321 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Panama | 24 | 1:163,011 | 5,136 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Ireland | 20 | 1:235,447 | 9,345 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| El Salvador | 9 | 1:704,876 | 3,399 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Callejà (1) are calculated separately.
Calleja (23) may also be a first name.
Calleja Demographics
Average Male Calleja Height
173.78 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Calleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calleja is more commonly found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Callejà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Calleja? popularity and diffusion
Calleja is the 13,637th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 178,006 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 40 percent of Calleja live; 38 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 29 percent live in Iberian Europe. Calleja is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 23 people.
Calleja is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 12,005 people, or 1 in 3,894. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Madrid, where 22 percent reside, Castile and León, where 18 percent reside and Basque Country, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Spain this last name is found in 77 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 26 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Calleja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Calleja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Calleja last name increased 89,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Calleja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Calleja surname are 42.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.31% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Calleja earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 36.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,417 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.29% more than the national average, earning R 309,612 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.08% less than the national average, earning $17,008,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.61% more than the national average, earning $43,414 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.84% more than the national average, earning $56,558 CAD per year.
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Calleja Reference & Research
Calleja FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Calleja
- 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