Kalief Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kalief Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kalief (71) may also be a first name.
Kalief Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalief Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalief is found most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalief? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Kalief occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Kalief are found; 30 percent are found in East Africa and 30 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname Kalief is most common in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is mostly found in: Kerala, where 89 percent live. Not including India Kalief is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 30 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kalief
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