Kalaya Surname
Approximately 1,152 people bear this surname
Kalaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zambia | 273 | 1:58,058 | 5,299 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| India | 122 | 1:6,287,421 | 144,905 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Kalaya (8,220) may also be a first name.
Kalaya Demographics
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Kalaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalaya (Bengali: কালায়া, Hindi: कलया, Marathi: कलया, Oriya: କାଳାୟା, Russian: Калая) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kalaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 323,593rd most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,325,995 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kalaya reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 69,818th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 8,220 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found.
Kalaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kalaya surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kalaya earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 70.16% less than the national average, earning R 70,908 per year and in United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalaya in the Bengali language | ||
| কালায়া | kalaya | - |
| Kalaya in the Marathi language | ||
| कलया | kalaya | 84.54 |
| कळया | kalaya | 5.15 |
| काळया | kalaya | 3.09 |
| मलया | malaya | 2.06 |
| कलाया | kalaya | 1.03 |
| कालया | kalaya | 1.03 |
| काळाया | kalaya | 1.03 |
| Kalaya in the Hindi language | ||
| कलया | kalaya | 71.43 |
| कालया | kalaya | 14.29 |
| कालय | kalaya | 3.57 |
| कलाया | kalaya | 3.57 |
| कलाय | kalaya | 3.57 |
| कलय | kalaya | 3.57 |
| Kalaya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଳାୟା | kalaya | 40.74 |
| କାଲାୟା | kalaya | 33.33 |
| କଲାୟା | kalaya | 11.11 |
| କଳୟା | kalaya | 7.41 |
| କାଳଆ | kala'a | 3.7 |
| କାଲାୟ | kalaya | 3.7 |
| Kalaya in the Russian language | ||
| Калая | kalaa | - |
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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 Kalaya
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