Kaligal Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kaligal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaligal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kaligal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaligal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kaligal (Marathi: किलगल) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaligal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kaligal live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Kaligal is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Kaligal is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 77 percent live and Karnataka, where 23 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live.

Kaligal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kaligal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kaligal surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalaigal9314/
Kaligatl933/
Khaligal931/
Kalaighal881/
Koligal863/
Kaligol861/
Kaligotl809/
Kallugal802/
Qaligall801/
Kallugaul751/
Kailegale751/
Kalegol7126/
Kalugol7119/
Kolegal717/
Calegal717/
Kallugol67100/
Kollegal6772/
Caligole6729/
Kallegol672/
Kolegall671/
Colligal670/
Calligold631/
Kelugol573/
Colegal571/
Kolegol571/
Calígole531/
Koulegole502/

Kaligal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaligal in the Marathi language
किलगलkilagala42.86
कािलगलkailagala28.57
कालीगालkaligala14.29
कलीगलkaligala14.29

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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
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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 Kaligal
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