Calamai
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/kalamaj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Calamai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 19M
- FRFrance≈1 in 61M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)
6 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Calamai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 6 | 1 in 1.4M | 6 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
| FR France | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 61M | 5 | Calamai | 43 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | Calamai | 8 |
| IT Italy | — | — | listed | Calamai | 5 |
6 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the xinhua-italian-manual register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Baldassare Calamaib. 1797FRItalian painter (1797-1851)
- Piero Calamaib. 1897ITItalian sea captain (1897-1972)
- Clara Calamaib. 1909ITItalian actress (1909-1998)
- Marco Calamaib. 1940ITItalian journalist and trade unionist (born 1940)
- Enrico Calamaib. 1945ITItalian diplomat
- Paul H. Calamaib. 1953CAAffiliations: University of Waterloo , Waterloo, ON, Canada Area: System Science Engineering Google: "P Calamai"
- Silvia Calamaib. 1973ITItalian linguist (born 1973)
- Matteo Calamaib. 1991ITItalian footballer
- Domitilla CalamaiITItalian writer
- Giovanni Battista CalamaiDominican friar (17th century)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 10 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 6 | #89,778 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #315,095 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 2 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Calamai?
- A machine transcription gives /kalamaj/ (IPA) for Italian.
- In which country does Calamai have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 6 people named Calamai, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Calamai most common?
- Calamai is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Calamai?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 6 people named Calamai in 2024, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
What do you want to know about Calamai?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/calamaiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Calamai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.