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
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Kallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kallay (Oriya: କଲାଏ, Russian: Каллай) occurs most in Sierra Leone. It can occur as: Kállay. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kallay? popularity and diffusion
Kallay is the 53,808th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 768,810 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Kallay are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 47 people.
The surname is most common in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 8,174 people, or 1 in 867. Outside of Sierra Leone it exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Romania, where 1 percent live.
Kallay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kallay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kallay surname expanded 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.08% registered with the political 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kallay
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