Kalwar Surname

45,682nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Nepal

Kalwar Surname User-submission:

The Kalwar surname is derived from the Sanskrit word kallapakam, which is related to liquor making process. Kalwars claim that they are descendants of the Haihey Kshtriya ruler Kart-Virya Arjun, who as a Kalchuri dynasty, the king of Mahishmati.

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Kalwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan6,3061:28,3291,434
India2,8971:264,77915,199
Nepal1,5651:18,199901
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Thailand761:929,452144,548
Qatar661:35,7273,681
Malaysia571:517,44325,717
Poland541:703,86659,770
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Bhutan221:28,002527
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Kalwar (37) may also be a first name.

Kalwar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kalwar surname is derived from the Sanskrit word kallapakam, which is related to liquor making process. Kalwars claim that they are descendants of the Haihey Kshtriya ruler Kart-Virya Arjun, who as a Kalchuri dynasty, the king of Mahishmati.

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Kalwar Last Name Facts

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

Kalwar (Bengali: কালোয়ার, Hindi: कलवार, Marathi: कलवार, Oriya: ମୁକଳୱାର, Tibetan: ཀལ་ཝར།) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalwar? popularity and diffusion

Kalwar is the 45,682nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 641,905 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kalwar live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 37 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 6,306 people, or 1 in 28,329. In Pakistan Kalwar is most frequent in: Sindh, where 99 percent live, Islamabad Capital Territory, where 0 percent live and Punjab, where 0 percent live. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and Nepal, where 14 percent live.

Kalwar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kalwar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.38% more than the national average, earning $52,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.04% less than the national average, earning $48,667 CAD per year.

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Kalwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalwar in the Marathi language
कलवारkalavara93.95
कालवारkalavara1.97
कलवरkalavara1.36
कळवारkalavara0.99
कालवरkalavara0.86
कचरूkacaru0.37
काळवारkalavara0.12
कलबारkalabara0.12
कवरkavara0.12
कैलाशkailasa0.12
Kalwar in the Hindi language
कलवारkalavara93.33
कालवारkalavara6.67
Kalwar in the Tibetan language
ཀལ་ཝར།kalwar69.23
ཀཱལ་ཝར།kalwar23.08
ཀཱ་ཝར།kawar7.69
Kalwar in the Bengali language
কালোয়ারkaloyara66.67
কালারkalara33.33
Kalwar in the Oriya language
ମୁକଳୱାରmukalawara50
କଲୱାରkalawara50

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