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

The surname Čale has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can occur as: Cale, Çale, Ćale, Calé, Căle or Calè. Click here for other possible spellings of Čale.

How Common Is The Last Name Čale? popularity and diffusion

It is the 585,091st most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname Čale occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čale live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 12,548. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 61 percent are found, Split-Dalmatia County, where 23 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 9 percent are found. Not including Croatia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 33 percent are found and Serbia, where 4 percent are found.

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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