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 held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Kalawai occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kalawai are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Kalawai is also the 130,073rd most common forename in the world It is held by 3,077 people.
This last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 603,747. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Suphan Buri Province, where 99 percent reside and Kanchanaburi Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Thailand Kalawai is found 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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