# Kalas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kalas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 597 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,341 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 517,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.2% (704 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Kalász, an ethnic surname for a member of a Turkic people. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Kalaš, a patronymic from the personal name Kála. * Borrowed from Polish Kałas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kalas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kalas in the United States.

## People named Kalas

- Paul Kalas, American astronomer

## Similar surnames

Kallas, Kulas, Klaas, Kalis, Kalish, Khalsa, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klug, Klaus.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.