How common is the surname Cala?

1,011 people in the United States had the surname Cala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cala?

In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Cala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cala getting more or less common?

More common. 897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Cala

A surname, carried by 1,011 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cala is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,011 people named Cala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 897.

#24,685

rank among US surnames

1,011

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #25,775)

Who is named Cala

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

55% of people named Cala identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 35%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cala

Cala has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Cala?: 1,011 people in the United States had the surname Cala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cala?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Cala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cala getting more or less common?: More common. 897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, up 13%.