Čale Surname

585,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Čale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Čale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3371:12,5482,394
Bosnia and Herzegovina1751:20,2083,526
Serbia191:376,05017,192
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Cale (9,066), Çale (6), Ćale (2), Calé (175), Căle (46) & Calè (3) are calculated separately.

Čale Last Name Facts

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

Čale occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Cale, Çale, Ćale, Calé, Căle or Calè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čale? popularity and diffusion

The surname Čale is the 585,091st most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Čale live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 12,548. In Croatia it is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 61 percent live, Split-Dalmatia County, where 23 percent live and Zagreb County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 33 percent live and Serbia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cale929,066/
Çale926/
Ćale922/
Čaule894/
Calé83175/
Căle8346/
Calè833/
Zale754,608/
Čala75367/
Čole7511/
Čali752/
Calle67135,743/
Chale6757,923/
Zalle6733,371/
Calei6716,193/
Caley675,345/
Caile671,024/
Caule67859/
Calea67560/
Zaleh67551/
Calie67246/
Tsale67236/
Zalie67206/
Cayle67150/
Čališ67122/
Ciale67108/
Zaale67105/
Zahle6795/
Zaley6772/
Zaule6767/
Zeale6763/
Zayle6751/
Zaile6734/
Zhale6723/
Čaili6722/
Zalei6721/
Zalee6719/
Dzale6716/
Calee6712/
Zalej6712/
Zalea677/
Caale676/
Ceale675/
Calhe675/
Čalis674/
Zalhe674/
Zaleu672/
Čolle672/
Zsale671/
Sčole671/
Dsale671/
Calej671/
Txale671/
Ćaleš671/
Cajle671/

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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 Čale
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