Kalai Surname
Approximately 18,834 people bear this surname
Kalai Surname User-submission:
Kalai means castle in Andalusia, Spain.
Kalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11,369 | 1:67,470 | 4,596 |
| Algeria | 1,577 | 1:24,497 | 4,457 |
| Morocco | 1,329 | 1:25,941 | 4,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 794 | 1:10,269 | 873 |
| Iran | 674 | 1:113,921 | 10,802 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 237 | 1:1,529,363 | 103,723 |
| Malaysia | 198 | 1:148,961 | 9,324 |
| Romania | 162 | 1:123,937 | 13,607 |
| Spain | 108 | 1:432,889 | 22,966 |
| Serbia | 85 | 1:84,058 | 7,141 |
| Netherlands | 85 | 1:198,673 | 27,603 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| United Arab Emirates | 80 | 1:114,528 | 9,720 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Tunisia | 77 | 1:7,930 | 1,316 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Zambia | 57 | 1:278,069 | 16,150 |
| Burkina Faso | 50 | 1:367,042 | 5,907 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Greece | 37 | 1:299,454 | 43,754 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Tanzania | 26 | 1:2,036,216 | 47,850 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Cambodia | 14 | 1:1,106,225 | 5,638 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Kálai (63), Kalaï (19) & Kalaî (1) are calculated separately.
Kalai (14,225) may also be a first name.
Kalai Surname Meaning
Kalai Demographics
Average Kalai Salary in
United States
$57,390 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalai (Arabic: قلعي, Bengali: কলই, Hindi: कलई, Marathi: काळै, Oriya: କଲାଇ, Russian: Калаи, Tibetan: ཀ་ལའི་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kálai, Kalaï or Kalaî. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,541st most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 386,936 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Kalai live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 48,073rd most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 14,225 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 11,369 people, or 1 in 67,470. In India Kalai is most common in: Tripura, where 89 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent are found. Apart from India this last name is found in 59 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.
Kalai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kalai surname are 32.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.45% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kalai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 33% more than the national average, earning $57,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.98% less than the national average, earning $30,316 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ལའི་ | kalé | - |
| Kalai in the Bengali language | ||
| কলই | kala'i | 99.23 |
| কালাই | kala'i | 0.62 |
| কালই | kala'i | 0.1 |
| কলাই | kala'i | 0.02 |
| Kalai in the Hindi language | ||
| कलई | kala'i | 73.52 |
| कलाई | kala'i | 17.72 |
| कलइ | kala'i | 2.65 |
| कलाी | kalai | 1.83 |
| कालाी | kalai | 1.63 |
| कलाइ | kala'i | 0.61 |
| कालई | kala'i | 0.61 |
| कलै | kalai | 0.41 |
| कला | kala | 0.41 |
| कालै | kalai | 0.2 |
| कलि | kali | 0.2 |
| कालाई | kala'i | 0.2 |
| Kalai in the Oriya language | ||
| କଲାଇ | kala'i | 68.14 |
| କାଲାଇ | kala'i | 13.27 |
| କଲାଏ | kala'e | 4.42 |
| କଳାଇ | kala'i | 3.54 |
| କଲାଈ | kala'i | 2.65 |
| କଳାଈ | kala'i | 1.77 |
| କାଳାଇ | kala'i | 0.88 |
| କାଳା | kala | 0.88 |
| କଲଇ | kala'i | 0.88 |
| କାଳଇ | kala'i | 0.88 |
| କାଲାଏ | kala'e | 0.88 |
| କେଳଇ | kela'i | 0.88 |
| କାଲାଈ | kala'i | 0.88 |
| Kalai in the Marathi language | ||
| काळै | kalai | 58.62 |
| कलई | kala'i | 14.32 |
| कलाई | kala'i | 8.09 |
| काळाई | kala'i | 5.57 |
| कालई | kala'i | 4.91 |
| कलै | kalai | 1.59 |
| काळे | kale | 0.8 |
| कालै | kalai | 0.53 |
| कलइ | kala'i | 0.53 |
| बालाजी | balaji | 0.53 |
| कालाई | kala'i | 0.4 |
| कला | kala | 0.27 |
| काळेै | kaleai | 0.27 |
| अलका | alaka | 0.27 |
| कहयी | kahayi | 0.27 |
| कळै | kalai | 0.27 |
| काळी | kali | 0.27 |
| कलाइ | kala'i | 0.27 |
| कळाई | kala'i | 0.27 |
| कालज़ी | kalazi | 0.13 |
| कले | kale | 0.13 |
| काली | kali | 0.13 |
| करई | kara'i | 0.13 |
| कळी | kali | 0.13 |
| काळई | kala'i | 0.13 |
| Kalai in the Russian language | ||
| Калаи | kalai | - |
| Kalai in the Arabic language | ||
| قلعي | qly | - |
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