Kalwa Surname
Approximately 15,082 people bear this surname
Kalwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 10,986 | 1:6,725 | 820 |
| Zambia | 2,120 | 1:7,476 | 891 |
| India | 581 | 1:1,320,250 | 51,587 |
| Germany | 536 | 1:150,197 | 18,035 |
| Poland | 210 | 1:180,994 | 24,805 |
| Pakistan | 143 | 1:1,249,258 | 14,705 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kalwa (2,524) may also be a first name.
Kalwa Demographics
Kalwa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kalwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalwa (Hindi: कलवा, Marathi: कालवा, Tibetan: ཀལ་ཝ་) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kalwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,071st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 483,195 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kalwa live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kalwa is also the 146,840th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 2,524 people.
This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 10,986 people, or 1 in 6,725. Besides The DR Congo this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 14 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Kalwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kalwa surname is primarily Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kalwa surname are 37.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.87% registered with the party.
The amount Kalwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.65% more than the national average, earning R 462,564 per year; in United States they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $50,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.55% more than the national average, earning $53,434 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀལ་ཝ་ | kalwa | - |
| Kalwa in the Hindi language | ||
| कलवा | kalava | 83.46 |
| कलुवा | kaluva | 7.09 |
| कलुआ | kalu'a | 4.72 |
| कल्वा | kalva | 2.36 |
| कलूआ | kalu'a | 0.79 |
| कालवा | kalava | 0.79 |
| कलूवा | kaluva | 0.79 |
| Kalwa in the Marathi language | ||
| कालवा | kalava | 71.74 |
| कलवा | kalava | 26.09 |
| काळवा | kalava | 2.17 |
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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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- 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 Kalwa
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