Kalaf

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 33K
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 113K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈930 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kalaf 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 Kalaf is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt≈930 est.≈1 in 113Klisted——
SY Syria≈590 est.≈1 in 33K—Kalaf6
BR Brazil1941 in 1.1M194Kalaf3
US United States1881 in 1.8M188Kalaf115
IN India≈150 est.≈1 in 8.8M—Kalaf2
AU Australia≈63 est.≈1 in 406K—Kalaf37
SE Sweden591 in 173K59—2
AT Austria≈17 est.≈1 in 519K—Kalaf3

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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)

Kalaf is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic, Venezuela

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Ḵalaf

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ḵalaf, Ḵalāf

39 further groups 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Kalaf,
InformalHi Kalaf,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Kalaf
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—194#37,693
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010188#96,799
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000182#93,427
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020176#107,521
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—59#11,103
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Kalaf?
A machine transcription gives /kələf/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kalaf have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 925 people named Kalaf in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Kalaf?
In Brazil, the national register counted 194 people named Kalaf, about 1 in 1.1 million 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, “Kalaf”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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