Kalira Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Kalira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kalira (1,786) may also be a first name.
Kalira Demographics
Kalira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalira (Hindi: कलीरा, Marathi: कालीरा, Oriya: କାଲିରା) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalira is the 406,613th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kalira live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 181,002nd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,786 people.
The surname Kalira is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Kalira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalira in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲିରା | kalira | - |
| Kalira in the Marathi language | ||
| कालीरा | kalira | 90 |
| कळीरा | kalira | 10 |
| Kalira in the Hindi language | ||
| कलीरा | kalira | 62.5 |
| कलिरा | kalira | 25 |
| काळरा | kalara | 12.5 |
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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 Kalira
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