Kalem Surname
Approximately 13,644 people bear this surname
Kalem Surname User-submission:
Kalem or Kalam, Qalam is a Turkish or Arabic surname, which translates to 'pen'. There is also a surah in the Quran with this name. Educated families in the Ottoman Empire carried this name.
Kalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 6,790 | 1:11,461 | 1,482 |
| Algeria | 1,823 | 1:21,191 | 3,885 |
| Pakistan | 1,714 | 1:104,226 | 3,267 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 472 | 1:7,492 | 1,529 |
| Iraq | 372 | 1:94,144 | 2,903 |
| United States | 253 | 1:1,432,644 | 98,450 |
| India | 238 | 1:3,222,964 | 94,263 |
| Croatia | 160 | 1:26,429 | 5,481 |
| France | 151 | 1:439,886 | 63,493 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 124 | 1:65,756 | 8,577 |
| Indonesia | 117 | 1:1,130,335 | 81,024 |
| Germany | 116 | 1:694,013 | 53,217 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Serbia | 65 | 1:109,922 | 8,556 |
| Slovenia | 65 | 1:38,272 | 7,167 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kalem (5,561) may also be a first name.
Kalem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kalem or Kalam, Qalam is a Turkish or Arabic surname, which translates to 'pen'. There is also a surah in the Quran with this name. Educated families in the Ottoman Empire carried this name.
- taha75Kalem Demographics
Average Kalem Salary in
United States
$46,010 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalem (Bengali: কালেম, Hindi: कलेम, Marathi: कलीम, Russian: Калем, Tibetan: དཀར་ལེམོ།) is found most in Turkey. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kalem.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 38,545th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 534,121 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Kalem live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 89,907th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 5,561 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 6,790 people, or 1 in 11,461. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Ankara Province, where 8 percent live and Kayseri Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Turkey this last name is found in 63 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 13 percent live and Pakistan, where 13 percent live.
Kalem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kalem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kalem last name rose 25,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kalem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kalem surname are 1.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.17% being registered with the party.
The amount Kalem earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning $46,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $49,530 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalem in the Bengali language | ||
| কালেম | kalema | - |
| Kalem in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेम | kalema | 66 |
| कलीम | kalima | 26 |
| कालेम | kalema | 2 |
| कलिम | kalima | 2 |
| कालें | kalem | 2 |
| कलेमा | kalema | 2 |
| Kalem in the Marathi language | ||
| कलीम | kalima | 33.33 |
| कलेम | kalema | 25 |
| कालेम | kalema | 16.67 |
| काळेम | kalema | 8.33 |
| कलीेम | kaliema | 4.17 |
| कलीमार | kalimara | 4.17 |
| कालॅम | kalema | 4.17 |
| कळीम | kalima | 4.17 |
| Kalem in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཀར་ལེམོ། | karlemo | 25 |
| དཀར་ལེགསམོ། | karlegsamo | 16.67 |
| ཀ་ལེམ། | kalem | 16.67 |
| དཀར་ལེམ། | karlem | 8.33 |
| ཀ་གླེནམོ། | kalenmo | 8.33 |
| ཀ་གླེནམ། | kalenam | 8.33 |
| ཀ་རེམ། | karem | 8.33 |
| ཀ་གླེམ། | kalem | 8.33 |
| Kalem in the Russian language | ||
| Калем | kalem | - |
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