Calica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Calica, a metonymic occupational surname from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).

Proper noun

Calica (plural Calicas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calica is the 40800^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Calica is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.66%), Mixed Race (11.21%) and White (10.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calica”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 271.

Romanian

Etymology

From Calicu +‎ -a, from calic.

Proper noun

Calica m

1. (historical) A village in Tulcea, in eastern Romania. Renamed to Iazurile in 1964.