How common is the surname Kalas?

597 people in the United States had the surname Kalas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kalas?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kalas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kalas?

Paul Kalas, American astronomer.

Where is the surname Kalas most common?

Wikidata records people named Kalas in the United States.

Is the surname Kalas getting more or less common?

Less common. 704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Kalas

A Hungarian patronymic surname, carried by 597 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kalas is more common than 77% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

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.

Kalas is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 597 people named Kalas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 704.

#37,341

rank among US surnames

597

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-15.2%

change since 2000 (was #31,167)

Who is named Kalas

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Kalas identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kalass

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Kalas
American astronomer, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kalas

Kalas has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kalas come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Kalas?: 597 people in the United States had the surname Kalas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kalas?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kalas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kalas?: Paul Kalas, American astronomer.
Where is the surname Kalas most common?: Wikidata records people named Kalas in the United States.
What type of surname is Kalas?: Kalas is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Kalas getting more or less common?: Less common. 704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, down 15%.