Kalawar Surname

15,293rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Kalawar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalawar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal36,3051:784150
India791:9,709,688189,874
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States91:40,273,215872,126
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Kalawar (36) may also be a first name.

Kalawar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kalawar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kalawar (Hindi: कलवार, Marathi: कलावर) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kalawar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalawar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kalawar is the 15,293rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 200,070 people. The last name Kalawar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kalawar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.

Kalawar is most frequently used in Nepal, where it is borne by 36,305 people, or 1 in 784. In Nepal it is primarily concentrated in: Narayani, where 56 percent live, Lumbini, where 22 percent live and Janakpur, where 14 percent live. Barring Nepal this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalawar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalawar in the Hindi language
कलवारkalavara-
Kalawar in the Marathi language
कलावरkalavara37.5
कालावारkalavara25
काळावरkalavara12.5
कळावारkalavara12.5
कलवारkalavara12.5

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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 Kalawar
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