Kalawa Surname
Approximately 4,719 people bear this surname
Kalawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,412 | 1:12,124 | 1,884 |
| Tanzania | 1,247 | 1:42,455 | 4,827 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Kenya | 395 | 1:116,911 | 9,859 |
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| United States | 117 | 1:3,097,940 | 179,693 |
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Uganda | 106 | 1:368,295 | 23,776 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Poland | 39 | 1:974,583 | 70,126 |
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Kalawa (442) may also be a first name.
Kalawa Demographics
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Kalawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalawa (Hindi: कलवा, Marathi: कालवा, Oriya: କାଲାୱା) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kalawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalawa is the 100,155th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,544,299 people. The surname Kalawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kalawa reside; 37 percent reside in East Africa and 37 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 407,699th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 442 people.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,412 people, or 1 in 12,124. Excluding Malawi Kalawa occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and Togo, where 13 percent live.
Kalawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kalawa last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kalawa surname are 12.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.52% registered with the political party.
The amount Kalawa earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 23.69% more than the national average, earning $53,373 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.45% less than the national average, earning $38,528 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalawa in the Marathi language | ||
| कालवा | kalava | 85.71 |
| कला | kala | 14.29 |
| Kalawa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲାୱା | kalawa | 54.55 |
| କାଲୱା | kalawa | 45.45 |
| Kalawa in the Hindi language | ||
| कलवा | kalava | 50 |
| कलुवा | kaluva | 25 |
| कलावती | kalavati | 25 |
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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 Kalawa
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