Kalimashe Surname

268,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kalimashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalimashe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4471:37,4414,801
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Kalimashe Last Name Facts

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

Kalimashe (Marathi: किलमशे) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalimashe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 268,717th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,018,971 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalimashe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kalimashe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,447 people, or 1 in 37,441. In South Africa Kalimashe is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent reside, Western Cape, where 19 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 percent reside.

Kalimashe Last Name Statistics demography

Kalimashe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.6% less than the national average, earning R 167,304 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kalimashe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalimashe in the Marathi language
किलमशेkilamase33.33
कलीमशेािहमkalimaseaihama33.33
कलीमशेkalimase33.33

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kalimashe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis