The Calas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 349 people carried this name — #58,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 341 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,142 people named Calas.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 165 people named Calas 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 Córdoba.
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 the Nordic population registers
44 people named Calas is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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 Calas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Calas 1698–1762 · merchant -
Auguste Calas 1892–1945 · military personnel -
M.-D. Calas 1850–1910 · Catholic priest
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Raoul Calas 1899–1978 · politician
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Marie-France Calas 1944– · library curator
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Daniel Calas 1946– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calas.
- 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
- Calandra 1,653 · U.S. census
- Calatayud 222 · U.S. census
- Calbo 224 · U.S. census
- Calcagni 706 · U.S. census
- Calcagno 1,550 · U.S. census
- Caldara 251 · U.S. census
- Calderara 132 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Calas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
