# Calica (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tagalog |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 535 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 577,094 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (456 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Calica, a metonymic occupational surname from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calica 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) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 68% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Similar surnames

Click, Calk, Callis, Calix, Calleja, Callas, Calise, Callies, Coles, Collazo, Close, Clough.

## 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.