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
Kalawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalawa (Hindi: कलवा, Marathi: कालवा, Oriya: କାଲାୱା) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 100,155th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,544,299 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kalawa are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kalawa is also the 407,699th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 442 people.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,412 people, or 1 in 12,124. Apart from Malawi Kalawa occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and Togo, where 13 percent live.
Kalawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kalawa surname are 12.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.52% being 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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