The Calles surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,026 people carried this name — #10,589 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 53% from 1,984 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 493 people named Calles 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 102 people named Calles.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Var.
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 27 people named Calles 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 Liège.
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
72 people named Calles 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
Calles in American newspapers,
1914–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,767,789 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Calles,
with a public archive behind them.
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Plutarco Elías Calles 1877–1945 · president -
Ignacio Calles Olasolo d. 1874 · painter
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Sigismund Calles 1696–1767 · historian
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Sigismund Calles 1696–1761 · historian
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Guillermo Calles 1893–1958 · screenwriter
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Victor Calles 1901–1969 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calles.
- Calle 5,091 · U.S. census
- Callegari 662 · U.S. census
- Calleja 1,868 · U.S. census
- Callen 3,190 · U.S. census
- Callens 529 · U.S. census
- Calleri 143 · U.S. census
- Callewaert 196 · U.S. census
- Calley 737 · U.S. census
- Callier 1,540 · U.S. census
- Callies 1,177 · U.S. census
- Callo 363 · U.S. census
- Callon 301 · U.S. census
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