Calcaterra
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/kalkatɛɾa/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Calcaterra is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From calcare (“to stomp”) + terra (“ground”).
- ITItaly
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From calcare (“to stomp”) + terra (“ground”).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)- Enrico Calcaterrab. 1905ITItalian ice hockey player and official (1905-1994)
- Giuseppe Calcaterrab. 1964ITItalian racing cyclist
- Fabio Calcaterrab. 1965ITItalian footballer and manager (1965-)
- Regina Calcaterrab. 1966USAmerican lawyer
- Roberto Calcaterrab. 1972ITItalian water polo player
- Giorgio Calcaterrab. 1972ITItalian long distance and ultramarathon runner
- Fernando Calcaterrab. 1972ARfootballer
- Alessandro Calcaterrab. 1975ITItalian water polo player
- Horacio Calcaterrab. 1989ARArgentine association football player
- Diego Calcaterrab. 2001ARArgentine footballer
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)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,785 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #22,821 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,582 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 867 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 132 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 30 | #63,989 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 30 | #62,916 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Calcaterra mean, and where does it come from?
- From calcare (“to stomp”) + terra (“ground”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Calcaterra?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /kalkatɛɾa/; in Italian /kalkaterːa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Calcaterra have the most bearers?
- Calcaterra is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Calcaterra?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/calcaterraThe 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, “Calcaterra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.