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The Calle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,091 people carried this name — #6,649 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 70% from 3,003 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Calle surname

From calle (“street”)

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Calle» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,260 people named Calle 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,591
City of Buenos Aires 1,538
Mendoza 308
Córdoba 173
Salta 121
Jujuy 112
Tucumán 60
Santa Fe 60

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 591 people named Calle.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Eure.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Eure 80
Paris 78
Yonne 56
Seine-Maritime 55
Yvelines 52
Loir-et-Cher 26
Morbihan 22
Lot 18

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 171 people named Calle 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 151
Antwerp 20

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Calle live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 10
Zurich 10
Bern 7
Geneva 7
Ticino 4
Fribourg 3

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 print

Calle in American newspapers,
1851.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Calle
El Pelayo 1851-12-28
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Calle
El Pelayo 1851-09-20
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Calle
El Pelayo 1851-11-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Calle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamín de la Calle
    Benjamín de la Calle 1869–1934 · photographer
  • Paul Calle
    Paul Calle 1928–2010 · painter
  • Oscar Calle d. 1970 · composer
  • Juan de la Calle 1654–1730 · composer
  • Julián Vásquez Calle 1809–1884
  • José María Calle 1850– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Calle.

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