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) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalami? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,765th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 960,531 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kalami are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kalami is also the 128,441st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 3,140 people.
Kalami is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 3,620 people, or 1 in 211,897. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 97 percent live, Bihar, where 1 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Aside from India it is found 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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- 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 Kalami
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