Kalayi Surname
Approximately 3,748 people bear this surname
Kalayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,091 | 1:36,720 | 4,332 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| India | 351 | 1:2,185,371 | 72,925 |
| Zambia | 309 | 1:51,294 | 4,808 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Kalayi (532) may also be a first name.
Kalayi Demographics
Kalayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalayi (Hindi: कालयिा, Marathi: कालयी) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalayi is the 122,089th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,944,383 people. Kalayi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Kalayi reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 56 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 365,707th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 532 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 2,091 people, or 1 in 36,720. In Iran Kalayi is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 23 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 11 percent are found and Qom Province, where 10 percent are found. Other than Iran Kalayi is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 15 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Kalayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalayi in the Marathi language | ||
| कालयी | kalayi | - |
| Kalayi in the Hindi language | ||
| कालयिा | kalayia | 60 |
| कलायी | kalayi | 20 |
| कलयिा | kalayia | 20 |
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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 Kalayi
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