Calu Surname
Approximately 18,949 people bear this surname
Calu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 16,068 | 1:1,697 | 403 |
| Romania | 906 | 1:22,161 | 2,836 |
| Brazil | 777 | 1:275,514 | 10,603 |
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| South Africa | 210 | 1:257,989 | 26,009 |
| France | 152 | 1:436,992 | 63,144 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| Taiwan | 50 | 1:468,895 | 3,561 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Jamaica | 32 | 1:89,686 | 3,941 |
| Colombia | 28 | 1:1,706,217 | 11,445 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 1:132,410 | 4,291 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Çalu (23), Calú (21) & Calù (1) are calculated separately.
Calu (1,317) may also be a first name.
Calu Demographics
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Calu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calu (Hindi: चालु, Oriya: କାଲୁ) occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Çalu, Calú or Calù. For other potential spellings of Calu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Calu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Calu is the 28,351st most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 384,587 people. The last name Calu occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Calu live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Calu is also the 216,596th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 1,317 people.
The surname Calu is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is held by 16,068 people, or 1 in 1,697. Apart from Mozambique this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
Calu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Calu surname are 23.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70% being registered with the political party.
The amount Calu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.13% less than the national average, earning R 128,004 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.55% less than the national average, earning $21,896,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 25.08% more than the national average, earning $53,969 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Calu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Calu in the Hindi language | ||
| चालु | calu | - |
| Calu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲୁ | kalu | - |
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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 Calu
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