Kalege Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Kalege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 225 | 1:173,508 | 14,645 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kalege (21) may also be a first name.
Kalege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalege (Marathi: काळेगे) is most common in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kalege.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalege is the 933,049th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. The last name Kalege occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kalege reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kalege is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 21 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 173,508. In Uganda Kalege is mostly concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 30 percent live, Mayuge District, where 8 percent live and Kaliro District, where 8 percent live. Other than Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and Iran, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalege in the Marathi language | ||
| काळेगे | kalege | 87.5 |
| काळगे | kalage | 12.5 |
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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 Kalege
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