The Kaleta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 909 people carried this name — #26,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 872 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kaleta surname
From kaleta (“pocket”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kaleta» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
10,101 people named Kaleta have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 11,176 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Kaleta.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
22 people named Kaleta live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 Kaleta 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 Kaleta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karol Kaleta 1889–1982 · cleric
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Karol Kaleta 1906–1998 · photographer
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Alfred Kaleta 1907–1988 · politician
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Paweł Kaleta 1912–1991 · composer
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Wanda Kaleta 1912– · opinion journalist
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Wanda Kaleta 1912– · opinion journalist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaleta.
- Kaiser 33,480 · U.S. census
- Kaizer 291 · U.S. census
- Kalai 169 · U.S. census
- Kalanquin 111 · U.S. census
- Kalaydjian 167 · U.S. census
- Kalb 2,853 · U.S. census
- Kali 287 · U.S. census
- Kalinowski 3,951 · U.S. census
- Kalinski 487 · U.S. census
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
- Kalk 573 · U.S. census
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