Kalka Surname
Approximately 3,899 people bear this surname
Kalka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,021 | 1:37,227 | 5,786 |
| United States | 885 | 1:409,558 | 35,670 |
| Germany | 728 | 1:110,584 | 13,613 |
| Ukraine | 291 | 1:156,435 | 21,679 |
| India | 199 | 1:3,854,600 | 106,004 |
| France | 152 | 1:436,992 | 63,144 |
| Suriname | 96 | 1:5,756 | 1,347 |
| Turkey | 80 | 1:972,768 | 44,534 |
| Indonesia | 77 | 1:1,717,522 | 111,746 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Kálka (10) are calculated separately.
Kalka (5,208) may also be a first name.
Kalka Demographics
Average Male Kalka Height
176.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kalka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalka (Hindi: कालका, Marathi: कालका, Oriya: ବଳରାମ, Russian: Калька) is carried by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kálka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 117,964th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,869,081 people. The last name Kalka is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Kalka reside; 34 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 27 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kalka is also the 93,778th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 5,208 people.
The surname Kalka is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 1,021 people, or 1 in 37,227. Barring Poland this surname is found in 48 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Germany, where 19 percent reside.
Kalka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kalka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kalka last name rose 4,658 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kalka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (56%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kalka surname are 15.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.78% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kalka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.94% less than the national average, earning R 102,336 per year; in United States they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $43,959 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.07% more than the national average, earning $55,184 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalka in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଳରାମ | balarama | - |
| Kalka in the Marathi language | ||
| कालका | kalaka | - |
| Kalka in the Hindi language | ||
| कालका | kalaka | 98.22 |
| कलका | kalaka | 1.21 |
| कल्का | kalka | 0.34 |
| काल्का | kalka | 0.19 |
| काल्क | kalka | 0.03 |
| Kalka in the Russian language | ||
| Калька | kalka | - |
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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 Kalka
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