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
Kalai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname 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 occur as a variant: Kálai, Kalaï or Kalaî. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,541st most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 386,936 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Kalai live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kalai is also the 48,073rd most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 14,225 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 11,369 people, or 1 in 67,470. In India Kalai is most common in: Tripura, where 89 percent live, Maharashtra, where 4 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 3 percent live. Not including India this last name occurs in 59 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent live and Morocco, where 7 percent live.
Kalai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kalai surname are 32.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.45% registered to vote for the 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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