# Cali (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cali/  
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) | 2,827 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,213 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,546 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cali 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cali in the United States and Italy.

## People named Cali

- Frank Cali, American mobster
- Giulio Calì, actor (1895–1967)
- Joseph Cali, American actor

## Similar surnames

Call, Calle, Cale, Calo, Caley, Cail, Callow, Cala, Cal, Cahill, Cole, Clay.

## 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.