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    The surname Calva

    A surname, carried by 1,093 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C410

    Calva: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calva #23,300, 1,093 people Calva: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calva #23,300, 1,093 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calva is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,093 people named Calva in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 680.

    #23,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,093
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +60.7%
    change since 2000 (was #32,026)

    Who is named Calva

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

    91% of people named Calva identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calva

    Calva has the Soundex code C410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C410.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calva?
    1,093 people in the United States had the surname Calva in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. It ranked 23,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calva?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Calva identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Calva getting more or less common?
    More common. 680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,093 in 2010, up 61%.