Kalega Surname
Approximately 1,883 people bear this surname
Kalega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 851 | 1:62,211 | 6,656 |
| Uganda | 830 | 1:47,035 | 5,790 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kalega (124) may also be a first name.
Kalega Demographics
Kalega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalega (Hindi: कलेगा, Oriya: କାେଲଗା) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kalega.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 217,697th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,870,178 people. Kalega is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalega live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 836,439th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 124 people.
The surname Kalega is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 851 people, or 1 in 62,211. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 28 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 18 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Kalega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kalega last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalega in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेगा | kalega | - |
| Kalega in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେଲଗା | kaelaga | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kalega
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