Calaman

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/kalaman/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Calaman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 190Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 914K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 420Kfew records

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.

United States (measured from records)

364 people, 2010

Record sources
137 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 190K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Calaman 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.

Where Calaman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3641 in 914K364Calaman137
GB United Kingdom≈360 est.≈1 in 190K—Calaman4
CA Canada≈27 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Calaman4
NZ New Zealand≈12 est.≈1 in 424K—Calaman1
PH Philippines≈5 est.≈1 in 21M—Calaman1
AU Australia≈2 est.≈1 in 16M—Calaman2

364 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Calaman is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Panama, Philippines, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Calam-An, Çalaman

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Cālaman̲, Cālamaṉ

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Çalaman

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Calaman,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Calaman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010364#56,195
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020341#63,263
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000338#56,526
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Calaman?
In Spanish /kalaman/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Calaman have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 364 people named Calaman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled calaman.
How common is the name Calaman?
In the United States, the national register counted 364 people named Calaman in 2010, about 1 in 914 thousand residents.

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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, “Calaman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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