The Calame surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 549 people carried this name — #39,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 12% from 489 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
419 people named Calame live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 328 people named Calame.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Doubs.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Calame in American newspapers,
1866–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,159 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calame.
- Cal 634 · 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
- Calandra 1,653 · U.S. census
- Calas 349 · U.S. census
- Calatayud 222 · U.S. census
- Calbo 224 · U.S. census
- Calcagni 706 · U.S. census
- Calcagno 1,550 · U.S. census
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