Kalas Surname
Approximately 8,516 people bear this surname
Kalas Surname Definition:
(Greek, Polish) One who coated the inside of pots and pans; one who came from Kalisz, a city in Poland.
Kalas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,544 | 1:138,360 | 8,830 |
| United States | 949 | 1:381,938 | 33,710 |
| Czechia | 264 | 1:40,278 | 6,675 |
| Turkey | 238 | 1:326,981 | 20,972 |
| Poland | 207 | 1:183,617 | 25,035 |
| Hungary | 180 | 1:54,535 | 5,767 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| Canada | 104 | 1:354,285 | 32,012 |
| Germany | 89 | 1:904,556 | 64,175 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Philippines | 62 | 1:1,632,875 | 108,878 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Pakistan | 57 | 1:3,134,103 | 24,953 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37 | 1:95,578 | 8,376 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
The alternate forms: Kalaš (844), Kalás (2), Kalaś (1) & Kálas (1) are calculated separately.
Kalas (10,164) may also be a first name.
Kalas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Greek, Polish) One who coated the inside of pots and pans; one who came from Kalisz, a city in Poland.
Kalas Demographics
Average Male Kalas Height
177.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kalas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalas (Arabic: كالس, Bengali: কৈলাস, Hindi: कलास, Marathi: कळस, Oriya: କଳସ, Russian: Калась) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Kalaš, Kalás, Kalaś or Kálas. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 59,276th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 855,748 people. Kalas occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kalas reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 44 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 60,570th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10,164 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 5,544 people, or 1 in 138,360. In India Kalas is mostly found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 31 percent live, Odisha, where 20 percent live and Karnataka, where 20 percent live. Excluding India Kalas exists in 67 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Czechia, where 3 percent live.
Kalas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kalas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kalas surname increased 2,373 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kalas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kalas surname are 10.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kalas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.04% less than the national average, earning R 78,324 per year; in United States they earn 16.77% more than the national average, earning $50,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $56,987 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalas in the Bengali language | ||
| কৈলাস | kailasa | - |
| Kalas in the Oriya language | ||
| କଳସ | kalasa | 69.75 |
| କଲାସ | kalasa | 13.47 |
| କଳାସ | kalasa | 11.69 |
| କଲସ | kalasa | 1.95 |
| କାଲସ | kalasa | 0.59 |
| କଳଶ | kalasa | 0.17 |
| କାଳାସ | kalasa | 0.17 |
| କାଲସ୍ | kalas | 0.08 |
| ଦାସ | dasa | 0.08 |
| କାଲାସ | kalasa | 0.08 |
| Kalas in the Hindi language | ||
| कलास | kalasa | 69.35 |
| कलस | kalasa | 16.13 |
| कालस | kalasa | 8.87 |
| कैलाश | kailasa | 2.42 |
| क्लास | klasa | 0.81 |
| कला | kala | 0.81 |
| कलशा | kalasa | 0.81 |
| Kalas in the Marathi language | ||
| कळस | kalasa | 53.95 |
| कलस | kalasa | 24.83 |
| कैलास | kailasa | 9.26 |
| कलास | kalasa | 4.74 |
| कालस | kalasa | 2.26 |
| कालास | kalasa | 1.13 |
| काळस | kalasa | 0.68 |
| अलका | alaka | 0.45 |
| कळास | kalasa | 0.45 |
| काळे | kale | 0.23 |
| Kalas in the Russian language | ||
| Калась | kalas | - |
| Kalas in the Arabic language | ||
| كالس | kals | - |
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