Kalema Surname
Approximately 26,841 people bear this surname
Kalema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17,646 | 1:2,212 | 349 |
| DR Congo | 4,091 | 1:18,059 | 2,246 |
| India | 1,780 | 1:430,936 | 22,469 |
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zambia | 852 | 1:18,603 | 2,075 |
| Tanzania | 832 | 1:63,632 | 6,770 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kalema (1,515) may also be a first name.
Kalema Demographics
Average Kalema Salary in
United States
$53,036 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalema (Bengali: কালেমা, Hindi: कलेमा, Marathi: कालेमा, Oriya: କାେଲମା, Russian: Калема) is most common in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,369th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 271,508 people. The surname Kalema is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kalema live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kalema is also the 199,542nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 1,515 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 17,646 people, or 1 in 2,212. In Uganda Kalema is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 16 percent are found, Kampala District, where 11 percent are found and Rakai District, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Kalema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kalema surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kalema are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the party.
Kalema earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.91% more than the national average, earning $53,036 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalema in the Bengali language | ||
| কালেমা | kalema | - |
| Kalema in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेमा | kalema | 90 |
| कालेमा | kalema | 10 |
| Kalema in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେଲମା | kaelama | 71.43 |
| କେଲମା | kelama | 14.29 |
| କାେଳମା | kaelama | 14.29 |
| Kalema in the Marathi language | ||
| कालेमा | kalema | 66.67 |
| कलेमा | kalema | 33.33 |
| Kalema in the Russian language | ||
| Калема | kalema | - |
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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 Kalema
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