# Calleja (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,868 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,639 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 165,281 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (1,247 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Calleja.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calleja 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) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 66% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Calleja in the United States.

## People named Calleja

- Joe C., American rapper (1974–2000)

## Similar surnames

Callis, Calles, Cales, Callas, Calise, Callies, Calica, Coles, Collazo, Close, Clough, Clouse.

## 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.