Kales Surname
Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname
Kales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 457 | 1:101,050 | 8,825 |
| United States | 358 | 1:1,012,455 | 74,653 |
| India | 129 | 1:5,946,243 | 139,967 |
| Uganda | 123 | 1:317,393 | 21,597 |
| Netherlands | 67 | 1:252,047 | 32,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Greece | 61 | 1:181,636 | 29,268 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 119 | 1:422,006 | 30,979 |
The alternate forms: Kaleş (250), Káles (17) & Kaleš (8) are calculated separately.
Kales (1,953) may also be a first name.
Kales Demographics
Average Kales Salary in
United States
$49,074 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kales Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kales (Hindi: कलेस, Marathi: कालेस, Oriya: କାେଲସ, Russian: Калес) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Kaleş, Káles or Kaleš. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kales? popularity and diffusion
Kales is the 273,120th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,117,659 people. The surname Kales is mostly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Kales live; 41 percent live in East Africa and 34 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kales is also the 171,497th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,953 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 101,050. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 81 percent live, Kilifi County, where 19 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent live. Apart from Kenya it is found in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Kales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kales has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kales surname grew 301 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kales Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kales last name are 9.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.32% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kales earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $49,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.18% more than the national average, earning $55,240 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kales Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kales in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେଲସ | kaelasa | 79.17 |
| କାଲେସ | kalesa | 12.5 |
| କାେଳସ | kaelasa | 4.17 |
| କାେଲସ୍ | kaelas | 4.17 |
| Kales in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेस | kalesa | 66.67 |
| कालेस | kalesa | 11.11 |
| कालेष | kalesa | 11.11 |
| ्कलेस | kalesa | 11.11 |
| Kales in the Marathi language | ||
| कालेस | kalesa | 66.67 |
| कलेस | kalesa | 33.33 |
| Kales in the Russian language | ||
| Калес | kales | - |
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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 Kales
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