Calva Surname
Approximately 26,573 people bear this surname
Calva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 14,634 | 1:8,482 | 939 |
| Ecuador | 6,847 | 1:2,323 | 411 |
| Peru | 1,252 | 1:25,387 | 2,761 |
| Guatemala | 1,032 | 1:15,584 | 1,398 |
| United States | 862 | 1:420,486 | 36,437 |
| Philippines | 840 | 1:120,522 | 20,757 |
| Spain | 796 | 1:58,734 | 5,370 |
| Argentina | 77 | 1:555,109 | 40,132 |
| France | 70 | 1:948,896 | 108,010 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Calvà (1) are calculated separately.
Calva (235) may also be a first name.
Calva Demographics
Average Male Calva Height
170.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Calva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Calva occurs most in Mexico. It may occur in the variant forms: Calvà. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calva? popularity and diffusion
The last name Calva is the 20,572nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 274,246 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Calva are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Calva is also the 584,346th most common first name on earth, borne by 235 people.
It is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is borne by 14,634 people, or 1 in 8,482. In Mexico it is primarily concentrated in: Hidalgo, where 32 percent reside, México, where 17 percent reside and Puebla, where 14 percent reside. Barring Mexico Calva exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 26 percent reside and Peru, where 5 percent reside.
Calva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Calva has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Calva surname expanded 28,733 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Calva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Calva last name are 1.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.4% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Calva earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 48.5% less than the national average, earning €15,465 per year; in Peru they earn 29.58% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,651 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.61% less than the national average, earning $18,476,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning $38,751 USD per year.
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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 Calva
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