Kaluya Surname
Approximately 2,199 people bear this surname
Kaluya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,297 | 1:30,100 | 4,102 |
| DR Congo | 554 | 1:133,357 | 14,248 |
| Zambia | 283 | 1:56,007 | 5,145 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Kaluya (793) may also be a first name.
Kaluya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaluya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaluya (Bengali: কালুয়া, Hindi: कलुया, Marathi: कालुया, Russian: Калуя) occurs most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaluya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 191,635th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,314,027 people. The surname Kaluya is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kaluya are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 290,823rd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 793 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,297 people, or 1 in 30,100. In Uganda Kaluya is most prevalent in: Kamuli District, where 32 percent are found, Buyende District, where 19 percent are found and Kaliro District, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaluya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaluya in the Bengali language | ||
| কালুয়া | kaluya | - |
| Kaluya in the Marathi language | ||
| कालुया | kaluya | - |
| Kaluya in the Hindi language | ||
| कलुया | kaluya | 70.59 |
| कलूय | kaluya | 5.88 |
| कलुइया | kalu'iya | 5.88 |
| कालुया | kaluya | 5.88 |
| कलुआ | kalu'a | 5.88 |
| कलूया | kaluya | 5.88 |
| Kaluya in the Russian language | ||
| Калуя | kalua | - |
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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 Kaluya
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