Kalami Surname
Approximately 7,587 people bear this surname
Kalami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,620 | 1:211,897 | 12,636 |
| Iran | 2,773 | 1:27,689 | 3,387 |
| Indonesia | 357 | 1:370,446 | 31,765 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Tanzania | 63 | 1:840,343 | 43,483 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Cambodia | 37 | 1:418,572 | 3,946 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Albania | 17 | 1:171,415 | 12,549 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kalami (3,140) may also be a first name.
Kalami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalami (Bengali: কলমি, Hindi: कलमी, Marathi: काळमी, Oriya: କଲମି, Russian: Калами) is found most frequently in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalami? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,765th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 960,531 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kalami reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 128,441st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 3,140 people.
The last name Kalami is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 3,620 people, or 1 in 211,897. In India Kalami is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 97 percent live, Bihar, where 1 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 37 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalami in the Bengali language | ||
| কলমি | kalami | - |
| Kalami in the Marathi language | ||
| काळमी | kalami | 67.07 |
| कलमी | kalami | 18.9 |
| कालमी | kalami | 5.49 |
| कलामी | kalami | 1.83 |
| कळमी | kalami | 1.83 |
| काळिम | kalima | 1.83 |
| कलिम | kalima | 0.61 |
| बालाजी | balaji | 0.61 |
| कलीराम | kalirama | 0.61 |
| काळमु | kalamu | 0.61 |
| कलीम | kalima | 0.61 |
| Kalami in the Hindi language | ||
| कलमी | kalami | 63.01 |
| कलामी | kalami | 21.23 |
| कालमी | kalami | 15.07 |
| कलामि | kalami | 0.68 |
| Kalami in the Oriya language | ||
| କଲମି | kalami | 54.44 |
| କଲମୀ | kalami | 32.22 |
| କଳମି | kalami | 3.33 |
| କଳମୀ | kalami | 2.22 |
| କାଲମୀ | kalami | 2.22 |
| କଲମ | kalama | 1.11 |
| କାଲାମି | kalami | 1.11 |
| କଲାମୀ | kalami | 1.11 |
| କାଲମି | kalami | 1.11 |
| Kalami in the Russian language | ||
| Калами | kalami | - |
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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 Kalami
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