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The Cala surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,011 people carried this name — #24,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 13% from 897 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,311 people named Cala 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 Jujuy.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jujuy 767
Buenos Aires Province 467
Salta 378
City of Buenos Aires 186
Córdoba 116
Mendoza 109
Santa Cruz 57
Neuquén 50

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

1,180 people named Cala have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,303 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 Masovian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Masovian 239
Łódź 215
Silesian 178
Lesser Poland 164
Lower Silesian 81
Pomeranian 63
Greater Poland 55
Warmian-Masurian 34

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Cala.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Pyrénées-Orientales 49
Loiret 30
Paris 6
Gard 5
Haut-Rhin 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Haute-Garonne 2
Lot-et-Garonne 1

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 Cala live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 34
Zurich 13
Bern 8
Vaud 7
Geneva 6
Lucerne 6
St. Gallen 4
Solothurn 4

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 the Nordic population registers

22 people named Cala is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Cala,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Odalys Cala 1962– · basketball player
  • Jairo Reinaldo Cala Suárez 1964– · politician
  • Ismael Cala 1969– · television producer
  • Ismael Cala 1969– · television producer
  • Ismael Cala 1969– · television producer
  • Yosleider Cala 1984– · volleyball player

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Cala.

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