How common is the surname Cale?

3,207 people in the United States had the surname Cale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. It ranked 10,044th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cale?

J.J. Cale, American musician (1938–2013), followed by Paula Cale.

Where is the surname Cale most common?

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

Is the surname Cale getting more or less common?

More common. 3,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,207 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Cale

A surname, carried by 3,207 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cale is more common than 93.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,207 people named Cale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,183.

#10,044

rank among US surnames

3,207

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,387)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,036	Eccles	3,209	96,212
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272
#10,046	Pound	3,206	96,302
#10,050	Dasher	3,205	96,332

Who is named Cale

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

86% of people named Cale identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cales

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J.J. Cale
American musician (1938–2013)
Paula Cale
American actress, born 1970
Pandeli Cale
Albanian politician, 1879–1923

Notable Cales come mostly from the United States (2) and the Ottoman Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cale

Cale 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 Cale?: 3,207 people in the United States had the surname Cale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,272 Americans. It ranked 10,044th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cale?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Cale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cale?: J.J. Cale, American musician (1938–2013), followed by Paula Cale.
Where is the surname Cale most common?: Wikidata records people named Cale in the United States and the Ottoman Empire.
Is the surname Cale getting more or less common?: More common. 3,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,207 in 2010, up 0.8%.