The Cali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,827 people carried this name — #11,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,546 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,358 people named Cali 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
294 people named Cali live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 144 people named Cali.
Most of them — 112 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 86 people named Cali 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 Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
114 people named Cali 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).
In print
Cali in American newspapers,
1902–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 923,973 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cali,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Calì 1925–2002 · physician
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Antonio Calì 1925–2002 · physician
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John F. Cali 1928–1992 · military personnel
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Joseph Cali 1950– · record producer
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Dennis D. Cali 1959– · university teacher
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Élie Cali 1963– · mathematician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cali.
- Calderon 77,085 · U.S. census
- Calderoni 107 · U.S. census
- Calegari 239 · U.S. census
- Calero 2,446 · U.S. census
- Cales 1,953 · U.S. census
- Calgaro 162 · U.S. census
- Califano 871 · U.S. census
- Calin 321 · U.S. census
- Calis 146 · U.S. census
- Calise 1,326 · U.S. census
- Caliste 187 · U.S. census
- Calisti 135 · U.S. census
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