Kalu Surname
Approximately 242,949 people bear this surname
Kalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181,456 | 1:976 | 119 |
| India | 29,884 | 1:25,668 | 1,934 |
| Pakistan | 5,946 | 1:30,044 | 1,496 |
| Kenya | 4,848 | 1:9,526 | 1,220 |
| Ethiopia | 4,024 | 1:24,241 | 3,065 |
| Togo | 3,465 | 1:2,092 | 252 |
| DR Congo | 2,647 | 1:27,911 | 3,505 |
| Angola | 2,169 | 1:12,443 | 1,529 |
| Ghana | 1,316 | 1:20,532 | 2,529 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| United States | 912 | 1:397,433 | 34,820 |
| Papua New Guinea | 834 | 1:9,777 | 803 |
| Indonesia | 685 | 1:193,065 | 18,423 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| England | 496 | 1:112,335 | 11,566 |
| Nepal | 326 | 1:87,365 | 1,967 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Afghanistan | 220 | 1:146,151 | 3,182 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Solomon Islands | 160 | 1:3,625 | 407 |
| South Africa | 154 | 1:351,803 | 32,234 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Cameroon | 127 | 1:163,536 | 17,652 |
| Turkey | 83 | 1:937,607 | 43,462 |
| Spain | 69 | 1:677,566 | 30,057 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54 | 1:169,672 | 12,566 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Hungary | 27 | 1:363,566 | 25,782 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Guyana | 17 | 1:44,837 | 4,218 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kalú (5) & Kalù (1) are calculated separately.
Kalu (407,035) may also be a first name.
Kalu Demographics
Kalu Political Affiliation
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Kalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalu (Bengali: কালু, Hindi: कालू, Marathi: काळू, Oriya: କାଳୁ, Russian: Калу, Tibetan: ཀ་ལུ་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Kalú or Kalù. For other potential spellings of Kalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalu is the 2,256th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,996 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Kalu reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,532nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 407,035 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 181,456 people, or 1 in 976. In Nigeria Kalu is mostly found in: Abia, where 43 percent reside, Imo, where 12 percent reside and Anambra, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 101 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
Kalu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kalu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kalu surname expanded 91,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kalu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kalu last name is predominantly Christian (88%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kalu last name are 45.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.95% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kalu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 108.47% more than the national average, earning R 495,396 per year; in United States they earn 21.16% more than the national average, earning $52,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $52,022 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalu in the Bengali language | ||
| কালু | kalu | 97.74 |
| কালো | kalo | 1.13 |
| কলু | kalu | 1.13 |
| Kalu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଳୁ | kalu | 83.78 |
| କାଲୁ | kalu | 10.64 |
| କାଳୁାଇଁ | kalua'im | 2.61 |
| କଲୁ | kalu | 1.32 |
| କଳୁ | kalu | 0.62 |
| କାଳୂ | kalu | 0.16 |
| କାଲୂ | kalu | 0.04 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 0.03 |
| ଜାଲି | jali | 0.01 |
| କାଲା | kala | 0.01 |
| ଅକାଳୁ | akalu | 0.01 |
| ବୁଲୁ | bulu | 0.01 |
| କାେଲା | kaela | 0.01 |
| କାଳି | kali | 0.01 |
| Kalu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ལུ་ | kalu | 82.8 |
| ཀ་ལུ། | kalu | 5.38 |
| ཀཱ་ལུ་ | kalu | 5.38 |
| དཀའ་ལུ། | kalu | 1.08 |
| ཀ་ལུགས། | kaluk | 1.08 |
| ཀུ་ལུ་ | kulu | 1.08 |
| ཀཱ་ལུ། | kalu | 1.08 |
| བཀའ་ལུགས། | kaluk | 1.08 |
| ཀ་ལེ་ | kalé | 1.08 |
| Kalu in the Hindi language | ||
| कालू | kalu | 73.52 |
| कालु | kalu | 21.83 |
| कलू | kalu | 1.99 |
| कलु | kalu | 1.07 |
| कल्लू | kallu | 0.02 |
| कालूु | kaluu | 0.01 |
| संतु | santu | 0 |
| कालुज़् | kaluz | 0 |
| फालू | phalu | 0 |
| कालूा | kalua | 0 |
| फालु | phalu | 0 |
| कालू़ | kalu | 0 |
| केल्लु | kellu | 0 |
| काजू | kaju | 0 |
| ्कालू | kalu | 0 |
| कालुू | kaluu | 0 |
| काळू | kalu | 0 |
| कल्ू | kalu | 0 |
| कालु़ | kalu | 0 |
| कल्लु | kallu | 0 |
| ़कालू | kalu | 0 |
| कालूू | kaluu | 0 |
| काळु | kalu | 0 |
| Kalu in the Marathi language | ||
| काळू | kalu | 57.22 |
| काळु | kalu | 27.03 |
| कालू | kalu | 7.32 |
| कालु | kalu | 5.96 |
| कळू | kalu | 0.92 |
| कलू | kalu | 0.62 |
| कलु | kalu | 0.58 |
| कळु | kalu | 0.13 |
| काऴु | kalu | 0.03 |
| काऴू | kalu | 0.02 |
| कला | kala | 0.01 |
| कालु़ | kalu | 0.01 |
| काळुू़़ | kaluu | 0 |
| काळुं | kalum | 0 |
| कालू़ | kalu | 0 |
| काळुू | kaluu | 0 |
| काळू़ | kalu | 0 |
| काळुु | kaluu | 0 |
| कंलु | kanlu | 0 |
| काला | kala | 0 |
| ़काळू | kalu | 0 |
| ़कालु | kalu | 0 |
| खालू | khalu | 0 |
| काळ | kala | 0 |
| कालूु | kaluu | 0 |
| काल | kala | 0 |
| Kalu in the Russian language | ||
| Калу | kalu | - |
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Footnotes
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