Kalmár Surname

62,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,007 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kalmár Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalmár Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary7,6151:1,289138
Slovakia3481:15,3352,178
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kalmar (3,626), Kalmàr (3), Kálmár (2) & Kálmar (1) are calculated separately.

Kalmár Last Name Facts

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

Kalmár is held by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kalmar, Kalmàr, Kálmár or Kálmar. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalmár? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 62,665th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,147 people. The last name Kalmár occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kalmár live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is carried by 7,615 people, or 1 in 1,289. In Hungary it is mostly concentrated in: Budapest, where 18 percent live, Pest County, where 13 percent live and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 8 percent live. Outside of Hungary Kalmár occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 4 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalmar943,626/
Kalmàr943/
Kálmár942/
Kallmár928/
Kálmar891/
Kalmor834/
Kalmárová80422/
Kalmore7741/
Kalmoor7710/
Kalmour776/
Kalmare773/
Kallmar771/
Kalmair771/
Kalmarz771/
Kalmeyr771/
Khalmar771/
Kalmasre7123/
Kaalmeyr7111/
Khalmard713/
Khalmarz711/
Khalmare711/
Kolmar67429/
Calmar67115/
Kalmarova6715/
Kalmarová675/
Calmor671/
Kálmárová671/

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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 Kalmár
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