The surname Kalra
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,220 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K460
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi.
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,220 people named Kalra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 696.
Who is named Kalra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Kalra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Kalra has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kalra come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi.
- How common is the surname Kalra?
- 1,220 people in the United States had the surname Kalra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. It ranked 21,429th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kalra?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kalra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kalra getting more or less common?
- More common. 696 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,220 in 2010, up 75%.