Kalasnikov Surname
Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname
Kalasnikov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 955 | 1:150,914 | 17,457 |
| Kazakhstan | 33 | 1:535,833 | 38,572 |
| Belarus | 31 | 1:306,486 | 34,064 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Kalašnikov (42) & Kalaşnikov (14) are calculated separately.
Kalasnikov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalasnikov Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalasnikov (Russian: Каласников) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Kalašnikov or Kalaşnikov. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalasnikov? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 344,343rd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,849,197 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kalasnikov live; 73 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 150,914. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 13 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 6 percent live and Republic of Tatarstan, where 5 percent live. Aside from Russia this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalasnikov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalasnikov in the Russian language | ||
| Каласников | kalasnikov | - |
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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 Kalasnikov
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