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
The last name Calu (Hindi: चालु, Oriya: କାଲୁ) is more frequently found in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Çalu, Calú or Calù. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 28,351st most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 384,587 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Calu reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Calu is also the 216,596th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,317 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mozambique, where it is borne by 16,068 people, or 1 in 1,697. Other than Mozambique this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
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 US average, with 70% registered to vote for the 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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