Kalas
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known as the Kaliz
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kalas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 557K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 15K
- HRCroatia1 in 32K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kalas 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 174 (measured from records)
- 1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
738 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known as the Kaliz.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kalas 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 738 | 1 in 15K | 738 | — | 2 |
| US United States | 597 | 1 in 557K | 704 | Kalas | 174 |
| DE Germany | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 429K | — | Kalas | 44 |
| AR Argentina | 165as Calas | 1 in 276K | 165 | Kalas | 17 |
| PL Poland | 160 | 1 in 239K | 82 | — | 1 |
| NO Norway | 156 | 1 in 35K | 156 | — | 2 |
| SK Slovakia | 155 | 1 in 35K | 155 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | 133 | 1 in 32K | 133 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 122as Kalash | 1 in 84K | 122 | — | 3 |
738 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kalas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from the personal name Kdla (see Kalis).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Plg. Šankus (žr.) ir-rus. Санковский (САМС IV 40)
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
unexplained.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Swedish, a party, especially a more festive party focused more on eating than drinking alcohol
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, A thick and long wood plank or beam, used for construction.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Helmer Kalasb. 1921FIFinnish soldier, memoirist and spy
- Sybille Kalasb. 1949DEtranslator, biologist and children's writer
- Todd Kalasb. 1965USAmerican sports announcer
- Paul Kalasb. 1967USAmerican astronomer
- Kane Kalasb. 1989USAmerican poker player, singer, and broadcaster
- Tomáš Kalasb. 1993CZCzech association football player
- Milan KalasCanoe slalom racer
- Richard Kalasbotanist
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 704 | #31,167 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 673 | #35,883 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 597 | #37,341 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 151 | #6,366 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 150 | #11,335 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 82 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 82 | #34,591 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 78 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 78 | #36,412 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 10 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 10 | #55,637 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 9 | #40,926 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
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
- What does the name Kalas mean, and where does it come from?
- ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known as the Kaliz. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Kalas have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 738 people named Kalas, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Kalas most common?
- Kalas is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kalas?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 738 people named Kalas, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kalasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kalas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.