Kaleja Surname
Approximately 2,400 people bear this surname
Kaleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 607 | 1:3,377 | 446 |
| Czechia | 540 | 1:19,692 | 2,994 |
| Poland | 496 | 1:76,631 | 11,959 |
| Germany | 440 | 1:182,967 | 21,357 |
| Slovakia | 121 | 1:44,103 | 8,341 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Kaléja (1) & Kalēja (1) are calculated separately.
Kaleja (163) may also be a first name.
Kaleja Demographics
Average Kaleja Salary in
United States
$37,950 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kaleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaleja (Hindi: कलेजा, Marathi: काजल, Oriya: କେଲଜା) occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kaléja or Kalēja. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaleja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 178,070th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,036,477 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kaleja reside; 48 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 48 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kaleja is also the 717,791st most prevalent given name in the world, held by 163 people.
The surname Kaleja is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 607 people, or 1 in 3,377. In Latvia Kaleja is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 56 percent live, Vidzeme, where 17 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia Kaleja is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 23 percent live and Poland, where 21 percent live.
Kaleja Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kaleja earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.05% less than the national average, earning $37,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.84% less than the national average, earning $36,844 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaleja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleja in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेजा | kaleja | 85.71 |
| कालेजा | kaleja | 14.29 |
| Kaleja in the Marathi language | ||
| काजल | kajala | 66.67 |
| कलेजा | kaleja | 33.33 |
| Kaleja in the Oriya language | ||
| କେଲଜା | kelaja | 50 |
| କେଲଜ | kelaja | 50 |
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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 Kaleja
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