The Cal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 634 people carried this name — #35,489 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 29% from 490 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
520 people named Cal have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 600 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 395 people named Cal live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 159 people named Cal live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Cal.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hautes-Alpes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Cal live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Cal in American newspapers,
1897–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Cal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antía Cal 1923–2022 · pedagogue -
David Cal 1982– · canoeist -
Raimundo Cal Fernández 1914–2003 · teacher
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Enrique Cal Pardo 1922–2016 · priest
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María Rosa Cal Martínez 1944– · journalist
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ACO 1985– · comics artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cal.
- Cain 60,948 · U.S. census
- Caira 369 · U.S. census
- Caire 423 · U.S. census
- Cairo 1,734 · U.S. census
- Caisse 775 · U.S. census
- Cakir 250 · U.S. census
- Cala 1,011 · U.S. census
- Calabrese 8,599 · U.S. census
- Calabria 1,118 · U.S. census
- Calabro 3,187 · U.S. census
- Calais 706 · U.S. census
- Calame 549 · U.S. census
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