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
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Kalaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalaba (Hindi: कलाबा, Marathi: कालबा, Oriya: କାଲାବା, Russian: Калаба) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kalaba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,230th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,480 people. The surname Kalaba is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kalaba live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kalaba is also the 156,740th most common first name in the world It is held by 2,267 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 15,991 people, or 1 in 991. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 49 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and Togo, where 2 percent reside.
Kalaba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kalaba surname are 7.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.11% being registered to vote for the 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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