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
Kalema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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 found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,369th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 271,508 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kalema reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,542nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,515 people.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 17,646 people, or 1 in 2,212. In Uganda Kalema is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 16 percent are found, Kampala District, where 11 percent are found and Rakai District, where 7 percent are found. Other than Uganda it is found 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 devotion of those carrying the Kalema surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kalema last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the political 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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