Kalaš

surname · Latin script

Meaning: nevaljanac, lopov; skitnica, parazit; besposličar

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kalaʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kalaš is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 15K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 32K
  • NONorway1 in 35K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kalaš itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

738 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
68 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KalašLatin(measured from records)
КалашCyrillic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kalas in CZ Czechia, US United States, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Slovenian

nevaljanac, lopov; skitnica, parazit; besposličar

Sources 1

  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kalaš counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kalaš is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia7381 in 15K738Kalas38
US United States5971 in 557K704Kalas23
PL Poland1601 in 239K82Kalas28
NO Norway1561 in 35K156—2
SK Slovakia1551 in 35K155Kalaš18
HR Croatia1331 in 32K133——
SE Sweden122as Kalash1 in 84K122——

738 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017, counting the spelling kalaš. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kalaš is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Canada

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Kalas, Callas, Калаш, Calas, Kalaş

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Kålås, Kàlàs, Kalas, Kalás, Kalās

  • English surname26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Spanish

    Also written Kalas, Calas, Κάλας, Kalås, Kalás

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Kalas

  • Turkish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India, Syria, United States

    Also written Kalas, Kalaş

  • Pashto surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Kalas

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

185019001950Klementina Kalašová, b. 1850Josef Kalaš, b. 1890Jan Kalaš, b. 1897Julius Kalaš, b. 1902Karel Kalaš, b. 1910Zdeněk Kalaš, b. 1923Petr Kalaš, b. 1940Bogoslav Kalaš, b. 1942

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalPoštovani Kalaš,Dear Kalaš, (English)
InformalPoštovani Kalaš,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kalaš
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—738#1,962
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—737#1,912
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995155—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021133#6,151
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021122—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kalaš?
A machine transcription gives /kalaʃ/ (IPA) for Croatian.
What does the name Kalaš mean?
Recorded meaning: nevaljanac, lopov; skitnica, parazit; besposličar
In which country does Kalaš have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 738 people named Kalaš, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kalas.
Where is Kalaš most common?
Kalaš is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kalaš?
In Czechia, the national register counted 738 people named Kalaš, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kalaš”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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