Kalawai Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Kalawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 117 | 1:603,747 | 102,586 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kalawai (3,077) may also be a first name.
Kalawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalawai (Hindi: कलावाई) is found in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,295,379th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Kalawai is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kalawai live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Tai-Asia. Kalawai is also the 130,073rd most numerous first name on earth, held by 3,077 people.
This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 603,747. In Thailand it is most common in: Suphan Buri Province, where 99 percent reside and Kanchanaburi Province, where 1 percent reside. Beside Thailand it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalawai in the Hindi language | ||
| कलावाई | kalava'i | - |
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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 Kalawai
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