Kalasha Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Kalasha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 198 | 1:80,050 | 6,810 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kalasha (897) may also be a first name.
Kalasha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalasha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalasha (Hindi: कलाशा, Marathi: कालशा, Oriya: କାଲସା, Russian: Калаша) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalasha? popularity and diffusion
Kalasha is the 624,505th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname Kalasha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kalasha reside; 40 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 271,225th most widespread first name on earth, held by 897 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 80,050. In Zambia Kalasha is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent are found, Central Province, where 26 percent are found and Muchinga Province, where 19 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalasha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalasha in the Marathi language | ||
| कालशा | kalasa | 78.87 |
| कलशा | kalasa | 18.36 |
| काळशा | kalasa | 1.51 |
| कलाशा | kalasa | 0.63 |
| कळाशा | kalasa | 0.25 |
| कालाशा | kalasa | 0.25 |
| काळाशा | kalasa | 0.13 |
| Kalasha in the Hindi language | ||
| कलाशा | kalasa | 64.06 |
| कलशा | kalasa | 21.88 |
| कैलाशा | kailasa | 7.81 |
| कलाशेा | kalasea | 4.69 |
| केलाशा | kelasa | 1.56 |
| Kalasha in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲସା | kalasa | 60 |
| କଳାଶ | kalasa | 20 |
| କଳାସ | kalasa | 20 |
| Kalasha in the Russian language | ||
| Калаша | kalasa | - |
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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 Kalasha
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