Kalamba Surname
Approximately 44,313 people bear this surname
Kalamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41,278 | 1:1,790 | 169 |
| Zambia | 1,097 | 1:14,448 | 1,650 |
| Tanzania | 701 | 1:75,523 | 7,843 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Kenya | 369 | 1:125,149 | 10,392 |
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Namibia | 14 | 1:172,100 | 9,625 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kalamba (2,751) may also be a first name.
Kalamba Demographics
Average Kalamba Salary in
United States
$28,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalamba (Marathi: कळंबा, Oriya: କଲ) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalamba is the 12,667th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 164,456 people. The surname Kalamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalamba live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 139,345th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 2,751 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41,278 people, or 1 in 1,790. Besides The DR Congo it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Kalamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (92%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kalamba surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kalamba earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 78.68% less than the national average, earning R 50,676 per year and in United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalamba in the Oriya language | ||
| କଲ | kala | - |
| Kalamba in the Marathi language | ||
| कळंबा | kalamba | 65.63 |
| काळंबा | kalamba | 31.25 |
| कालंबा | kalamba | 3.13 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kalamba
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