Kalaku Surname

372,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 964 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kalaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4241:174,24417,772
South Africa2621:206,78521,999
Nigeria2111:839,53937,032
Papua New Guinea531:153,84421,244
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
India51:153,413,076951,030
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kalaku (263) may also be a first name.

Kalaku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kalaku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kalaku (Bengali: কালাকু, Hindi: कलकू, Marathi: कलकु, Oriya: କାଲକୁ) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalaku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 372,194th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 7,559,695 people. The surname Kalaku is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kalaku are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kalaku is also the 548,616th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 263 people.

The last name Kalaku is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 424 people, or 1 in 174,244. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.

Kalaku Last Name Statistics demography

Kalaku earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.77% less than the national average, earning R 119,376 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalaku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalaku in the Bengali language
কালাকুkalaku-
Kalaku in the Oriya language
କାଲକୁkalaku-
Kalaku in the Hindi language
कलकूkalaku71.43
कलाकूkalaku14.29
कलकुkalaku14.29
Kalaku in the Marathi language
कलकुkalaku44.44
कालकुkalaku16.67
कळकूkalaku11.11
कळकुkalaku11.11
कलकूkalaku11.11
काळकुkalaku5.56

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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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  • 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 Kalaku
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