Kalaba Surname
Approximately 27,043 people bear this surname
Kalaba Surname Definition:
Kalaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a forgetful person.
Kalaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 15,991 | 1:991 | 140 |
| DR Congo | 7,593 | 1:9,730 | 1,207 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 559 | 1:6,326 | 1,298 |
| Serbia | 552 | 1:12,944 | 1,538 |
| Tanzania | 372 | 1:142,316 | 13,061 |
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| Turkey | 175 | 1:444,694 | 26,198 |
| Uganda | 167 | 1:233,768 | 17,802 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Ukraine | 95 | 1:479,186 | 55,632 |
| Croatia | 49 | 1:86,298 | 14,514 |
| Slovakia | 40 | 1:133,411 | 24,423 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Slovenia | 25 | 1:99,507 | 11,584 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Kosovo | 13 | 1:143,221 | 6,426 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Montenegro | 7 | 1:91,366 | 4,331 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kalaba (2,267) may also be a first name.
Kalaba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kalaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a forgetful person.
Kalaba Demographics
Average Kalaba Salary in
United States
$48,772 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalaba (Hindi: कलाबा, Marathi: कालबा, Oriya: କାଲାବା, Russian: Калаба) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kalaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalaba is the 20,230th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 269,480 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kalaba reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kalaba is also the 156,740th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,267 people.
Kalaba is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 15,991 people, or 1 in 991. In Zambia Kalaba is primarily found in: Luapula Province, where 49 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Togo, where 2 percent live.
Kalaba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kalaba surname are 7.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.11% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kalaba earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 24.6% less than the national average, earning R 179,184 per year; in United States they earn 13.03% more than the national average, earning $48,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.22% less than the national average, earning $46,094 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalaba in the Marathi language | ||
| कालबा | kalaba | 55.93 |
| कळबा | kalaba | 12.71 |
| काळबा | kalaba | 12.71 |
| कलबा | kalaba | 5.93 |
| काऴबा | kalaba | 3.39 |
| काळाबा | kalaba | 2.54 |
| काळंबा | kalamba | 1.69 |
| कलाबा | kalaba | 1.69 |
| कलाबाई़ | kalaba'i | 1.69 |
| कलाबाइ् | kalaba'i | 0.85 |
| Kalaba in the Hindi language | ||
| कलाबा | kalaba | 55.56 |
| कलबा | kalaba | 33.33 |
| कालाबा | kalaba | 11.11 |
| Kalaba in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲାବା | kalaba | 44.44 |
| କଲବା | kalaba | 22.22 |
| କାଲବା | kalaba | 11.11 |
| େକାୁକାଲବା | ekaukalaba | 11.11 |
| ଶାସନାପୁକାଲବା | sasanapukalaba | 11.11 |
| Kalaba in the Russian language | ||
| Калаба | kalaba | - |
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