Kalit Surname
Approximately 2,902 people bear this surname
Kalit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,457 | 1:121,580 | 8,014 |
| Indonesia | 653 | 1:202,526 | 19,171 |
| India | 458 | 1:1,674,815 | 60,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Romania | 68 | 1:295,263 | 26,760 |
| Turkey | 61 | 1:1,275,761 | 53,024 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Kalit (2,235) may also be a first name.
Kalit Demographics
Kalit Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kalit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalit (Hindi: कलित, Marathi: कालीत, Oriya: କଲିତ, Russian: Калит) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 151,746th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,511,215 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kalit reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 158,062nd most common first name globally, held by 2,235 people.
The last name Kalit is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,457 people, or 1 in 121,580. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kano, where 49 percent reside, Imo, where 9 percent reside and Katsina, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Kalit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalit in the Hindi language | ||
| कलित | kalita | 84.09 |
| कलीत | kalita | 9.09 |
| कालित | kalita | 4.55 |
| कलीट | kalita | 2.27 |
| Kalit in the Marathi language | ||
| कालीत | kalita | 69.77 |
| कलीत | kalita | 13.95 |
| कळीत | kalita | 4.65 |
| कािलत | kailata | 4.65 |
| काळीट | kalita | 4.65 |
| कलीट | kalita | 2.33 |
| Kalit in the Oriya language | ||
| କଲିତ | kalita | 51.43 |
| କଳିତ | kalita | 37.14 |
| କାଳିତ | kalita | 2.86 |
| କଲିଟ | kalita | 2.86 |
| କାଲିତ | kalita | 2.86 |
| କାଲିଟ | kalita | 2.86 |
| Kalit in the Russian language | ||
| Калит | kalit | - |
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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 Kalit
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