Kalva Surname
Approximately 11,987 people bear this surname
Kalva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10,589 | 1:72,440 | 4,914 |
| Latvia | 893 | 1:2,296 | 272 |
| United States | 215 | 1:1,685,856 | 112,021 |
| Czechia | 62 | 1:171,508 | 25,743 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| Turkey | 33 | 1:2,358,225 | 75,877 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Kaļva (11) are calculated separately.
Kalva (9,992) may also be a first name.
Kalva Demographics
Average Kalva Salary in
United States
$45,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kalva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻔﻪ, Hindi: कलवा, Marathi: कालवा, Russian: Кальва) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Kaļva. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalva is the 43,405th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,954 people. The last name Kalva is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kalva live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 61,275th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 9,992 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 10,589 people, or 1 in 72,440. In India Kalva is most common in: Telangana, where 57 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 36 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account India Kalva is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Kalva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kalva surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.41% registered with the party.
Kalva earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $45,536 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻔﻪ | klfh | - |
| Kalva in the Hindi language | ||
| कलवा | kalava | 97.79 |
| कल्वा | kalva | 1.91 |
| कालवा | kalava | 0.11 |
| कलुवा | kaluva | 0.11 |
| कलुआ | kalu'a | 0.04 |
| कल्व | kalva | 0.02 |
| कलूवा | kaluva | 0.02 |
| Kalva in the Marathi language | ||
| कालवा | kalava | 68.04 |
| कलवा | kalava | 26.83 |
| कळवा | kalava | 4.25 |
| कल | kala | 0.15 |
| Kalva in the Russian language | ||
| Кальва | kalva | - |
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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 Kalva
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