Kalah Surname
Approximately 3,075 people bear this surname
Kalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,708 | 1:44,955 | 5,118 |
| India | 707 | 1:1,084,958 | 44,732 |
| Israel | 333 | 1:25,699 | 3,762 |
| Philippines | 115 | 1:880,332 | 80,618 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Syria | 15 | 1:1,286,735 | 7,466 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kalah (1,002) may also be a first name.
Kalah Demographics
Average Kalah Salary in
United States
$19,594 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalah (Arabic: كليه, Hindi: कलह, Marathi: कलह, Oriya: କଳାଃ) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kalah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 144,481st most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,369,934 people. Kalah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kalah are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 254,172nd most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 1,002 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 1,708 people, or 1 in 44,955. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 23 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 23 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Iran this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Israel, where 11 percent live.
Kalah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (63%) in Lebanon.
Kalah earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.59% less than the national average, earning $19,594 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalah in the Hindi language | ||
| कलह | kalaha | - |
| Kalah in the Oriya language | ||
| କଳାଃ | kalah | 91.59 |
| କଳହ | kalaha | 1.94 |
| କାଳାଃ | kalah | 1.51 |
| କାଲହ | kalaha | 1.08 |
| କଲହ | kalaha | 0.86 |
| କଳଃ | kalah | 0.65 |
| କଳା | kala | 0.22 |
| କାଳଃ | kalah | 0.22 |
| କଳାହ | kalaha | 0.22 |
| କଲାଃ | kalah | 0.22 |
| Kalah in the Marathi language | ||
| कलह | kalaha | 66.67 |
| कालह | kalaha | 33.33 |
| Kalah in the Arabic language | ||
| كليه | klyh | - |
| كاله | kalh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kalah
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