The Calla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 364 people carried this name — #56,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (363).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 950 people named Calla 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Calla.
Most of them — 29 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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
25 people named Calla live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
50 people named Calla 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 Calla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christophe François Calla 1802–1884 · industrialist
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Pedro Calla 1977– · boxer
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Brady Calla 1988– · ice hockey player
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Olivia Calla 2008– · gymnast
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calla.
- 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
- Calixte 1,862 · U.S. census
- Callais 843 · U.S. census
- Calland 326 · U.S. census
- Callard 291 · U.S. census
- Calle 5,091 · U.S. census
- Callegari 662 · U.S. census
- Calleja 1,868 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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