Kallam Surname
Approximately 7,248 people bear this surname
Kallam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,440 | 1:141,005 | 8,987 |
| United States | 778 | 1:465,886 | 39,683 |
| Niger | 731 | 1:26,254 | 1,540 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 138 | 1:363,904 | 27,584 |
The alternate forms: Kâllâm (1) are calculated separately.
Kallam (869) may also be a first name.
Kallam Demographics
Kallam Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kallam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kallam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kallam (Hindi: कल्लम, Marathi: कळाम, Oriya: କାଲାମ) is most common in India. It can be found as a variant: Kâllâm. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kallam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kallam is the 68,538th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,005,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Kallam reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kallam is also the 276,035th most frequent given name internationally, held by 869 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 5,440 people, or 1 in 141,005. In India it is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 86 percent live, Telangana, where 11 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Barring India this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Niger, where 10 percent live.
Kallam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kallam has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 564 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kallam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kallam last name is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kallam last name are 31.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.29% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kallam earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.71% less than the national average, earning R 159,912 per year; in United States they earn 5.5% less than the national average, earning $40,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.18% more than the national average, earning $56,728 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kallam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kallam in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲାମ | kalama | - |
| Kallam in the Hindi language | ||
| कल्लम | kallama | 75 |
| कल्लाम | kallama | 20 |
| अब्दुल | abdula | 2.5 |
| कललम | kalalama | 2.5 |
| Kallam in the Marathi language | ||
| कळाम | kalama | 50 |
| कलाम | kalama | 25 |
| ळम | lama | 25 |
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Kallam Reference & Research
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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 Kallam
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