Kalmar Surname

125,520th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Kalmar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalmar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia9341:7,650903
United States9281:390,58134,314
Romania3921:51,2196,327
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Austria1801:47,3087,551
Hungary1071:91,7419,020
France931:714,22389,679
Denmark881:64,1446,446
Germany881:914,83564,706
Russia781:1,847,731118,322
England621:898,67846,462
Australia611:442,55234,724
Sweden511:193,07413,358
Croatia451:93,96915,353
Ukraine381:1,197,966104,401
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
India211:36,526,923420,161
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Norway171:302,48730,120
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Kalmár (8,007), Kalmàr (3), Kálmar (1) & Kálmár (2) are calculated separately.

Kalmar (222) may also be a first name.

Kalmar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kalmar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kalmar (Russian: Кальмар) is found most frequently in Serbia. It may occur in the variant forms: Kalmár, Kalmàr, Kálmar or Kálmár. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalmar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 125,520th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,009,803 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Kalmar reside; 31 percent reside in North America and 31 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 605,116th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 222 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Serbia, where it is held by 934 people, or 1 in 7,650. In Serbia Kalmar is most common in: North Banat District, where 50 percent are found, North Bačka District, where 29 percent are found and South Bačka District, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Serbia it occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Romania, where 11 percent are found.

Kalmar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kalmar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kalmar surname expanded 9,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kalmar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (63%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kalmar last name are 7.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.19% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kalmar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.55% less than the national average, earning 313,036 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 61.15% more than the national average, earning $36,585,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.18% more than the national average, earning $43,228 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.82% more than the national average, earning $56,050 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalmár948,007/
Kalmàr943/
Kálmar941/
Kalmare923/
Khalmar921/
Kalmarz921/
Kalmair921/
Kallmar921/
Kálmár892/
Kalmasre8623/
Khalmard863/
Khalmare861/
Khalmarz861/
Kolmar83429/
Calmar83115/
Kalmor834/
Kalmarova8015/
Kalmarová805/
Kollmar771,150/
Calmard77386/
Kalmore7741/
Callmar7731/
Kolmayr7730/
Kolmair7713/
Kalmoor7710/
Kolmare779/
Kallmár778/
Koolmar778/
Kalmour776/
Kholmar773/
Calmart772/
Kalmeyr771/
Kohlmar770/
Calmear770/
Kohlmayr71183/
Kollmair7152/
Caulmare7116/
Kaalmeyr7111/
Kollmayr7110/
Casilmar714/
Koolmart711/
Kollmarr711/
Colmar67935/
Kalmárová67422/
Kolmarová673/
Casselmar672/
Calmor671/

Kalmar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalmar in the Russian language
Кальмарkalmar-

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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 Kalmar
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