Kallay Surname
Approximately 9,479 people bear this surname
Kallay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 8,174 | 1:867 | 170 |
| United States | 650 | 1:557,629 | 45,979 |
| Romania | 88 | 1:228,158 | 22,067 |
| Liberia | 76 | 1:58,007 | 5,112 |
| Ukraine | 66 | 1:689,738 | 72,622 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Croatia | 64 | 1:66,072 | 12,005 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Hungary | 32 | 1:306,759 | 23,012 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kállay (558) are calculated separately.
Kallay (47) may also be a first name.
Kallay Demographics
Average Kallay Salary in
United States
$46,852 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kallay (Oriya: କଲାଏ, Russian: Каллай) is found in Sierra Leone more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kállay. Click here for further possible spellings of Kallay.
How Common Is The Last Name Kallay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,808th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 768,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Kallay reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 47 people.
The last name is most widely held in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 8,174 people, or 1 in 867. Apart from Sierra Leone this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Romania, where 1 percent are found.
Kallay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kallay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 10,833 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kallay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kallay surname are 5.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.08% registered with the party.
The amount Kallay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.58% more than the national average, earning $46,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $48,753 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kallay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kallay in the Oriya language | ||
| କଲାଏ | kala'e | - |
| Kallay in the Russian language | ||
| Каллай | kallaj | - |
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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 Kallay
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