# Cale (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cale/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,207 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,044 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,272 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (3,183 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cale in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cale in the United States and the Ottoman Empire.

## People named Cale

- J.J. Cale, American musician (1938–2013)
- Paula Cale, American actress
- Pandeli Cale, Albanian politician

## Similar surnames

Cole, Call, Cawley, Calle, Cauley, Cali, Calo, Caley, Cail, Callow, Coale, Cala.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.