Kalav Surname
Approximately 3,317 people bear this surname
Kalav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,098 | 1:247,600 | 14,389 |
| Turkey | 207 | 1:375,949 | 23,256 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kalav (584) may also be a first name.
Kalav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalav (Hindi: कलव, Marathi: कलव, Russian: Калав) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kalav.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalav? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 135,501st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,197,029 people. The surname Kalav is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kalav live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 346,315th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 584 people.
Kalav is most common in India, where it is borne by 3,098 people, or 1 in 247,600. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 95 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside and Karnataka, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 6 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalav in the Marathi language | ||
| कलव | kalava | 59.01 |
| कळव | kalava | 19.88 |
| कलाव | kalava | 6.21 |
| कालव | kalava | 4.97 |
| काळाव | kalava | 4.97 |
| कळाव | kalava | 2.48 |
| कला | kala | 1.24 |
| कलाल | kalala | 1.24 |
| Kalav in the Hindi language | ||
| कलव | kalava | 40.91 |
| कलाव | kalava | 34.09 |
| कलावती | kalavati | 20.45 |
| कलवा़ | kalava | 2.27 |
| कालव | kalava | 2.27 |
| Kalav in the Russian language | ||
| Калав | kalav | - |
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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 Kalav
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