Kalaye Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Kalaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 227 | 1:780,365 | 35,035 |
| Tanzania | 208 | 1:254,527 | 20,548 |
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| Iran | 113 | 1:679,491 | 36,096 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
Kalaye (110) may also be a first name.
Kalaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalaye (Marathi: कलये) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 424,566th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kalaye live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 110 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 780,365. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 74 percent reside, Gombe, where 13 percent reside and Adamawa, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Kalaye occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent reside and Cameroon, where 24 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalaye in the Marathi language | ||
| कलये | kalaye | 57.63 |
| कालये | kalaye | 18.64 |
| कळये | kalaye | 10.17 |
| कालाये | kalaye | 6.78 |
| कलेय | kaleya | 3.39 |
| कलाये | kalaye | 3.39 |
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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 Kalaye
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