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    The surname Kalla

    A Telugu surname, carried by 641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kalla is more common than 78.3% of them.

    Origin

    Telugu origin

    Borrowed from Telugu కాళ్ళ (kāḷḷa). This surname is mostly found in Andhra Pradesh.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 641 people named Kalla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 481,662 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 546.

    #35,147
    rank among US surnames
    641
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,141)

    Who is named Kalla

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

    74% of people named Kalla identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 22%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kallas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jusuf Kalla
      10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia, businessman, born 1942

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kalla

    Kalla has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kalla come from?
    Borrowed from Telugu కాళ్ళ (kāḷḷa). This surname is mostly found in Andhra Pradesh.
    How common is the surname Kalla?
    641 people in the United States had the surname Kalla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 481,662 Americans. It ranked 35,147th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kalla?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Kalla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Kalla?
    Jusuf Kalla, 10th and 12th Vice President of Indonesia, businessman.
    Where is the surname Kalla most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kalla in Indonesia.
    Is the surname Kalla getting more or less common?
    More common. 546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 641 in 2010, up 17%.