How common is the surname Cales?

1,953 people in the United States had the surname Cales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cales?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Cales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Cales getting more or less common?

More common. 1,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Cales

A surname, carried by 1,953 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cales is more common than 90.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,953 people named Cales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,731.

#15,104

rank among US surnames

1,953

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,521)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007
#15,104	Quispe	1,953	158,088

Who is named Cales

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

81% of people named Cales identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cales

Cales has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Questions

How common is the surname Cales?: 1,953 people in the United States had the surname Cales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cales?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Cales identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cales getting more or less common?: More common. 1,731 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, up 13%.