Kalo
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Kalo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kār.
- VUVanuatu≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- GNGuinea≈1 in 57K
- ALAlbania1 in 79K
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.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈550 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vanuatu, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Sanskritकालkāla(measured from records)
- Proto-Dravidian*kār(measured from records)
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kār.
Sources 1
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kalo 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 422K | — | Kalo | 15 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 349K | — | Kalo | 5 |
| GN Guinea | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 57K | listed | — | — |
| US United States | 171 | 1 in 1.9M | 324 | Kalo | 17 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 204K | 433 | — | — |
| VU Vanuatu | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 3 | — | — |
| AL Albania | 39 | 1 in 79K | 38 | — | — |
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: nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Vanuatu Electoral Office — 2020 General Election consolidated candidate list; the gn-sylla-patronymes register. 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)
Kalo is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, "dirt."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Indonesian, alternative form of kalau (“if; when”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malay, alternative form of kalau (“if”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, taro (Colocasia esculenta), a kind of aroid cultivated since ancient times for food… In Hawaii taro has been the staple from earliest times to the present, and its cultivation developed greatly, including more than 300 forms
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Serbo-Croatian, difference in weight of delivered goods compared to invoice weight caused by drying, evaporation or similar processes
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In agn, a large wooden pestle used to pound rice, or to grind or mash something in a large wooden mortar
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Shlomo Kalob. 1928ILIsraeli writer, composer and philosopher (1928–2014)
- Bong Kalob. 1997VUNi-Vanuatu footballer
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 43 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 433 | #1,134 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 324 | #66,015 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 281 | #65,862 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 251 | #76,533 |
| GN Guinea | Patronymes de Guinée — Fodé Tass Sylla surname inventory (432 noms de famille) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Kalo mean, and where does it come from?
- Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kār. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Kalo a male or female name?
- Kalo is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Kalo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 554 people named Kalo in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kalo.
- How common is the name Kalo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 171 people named Kalo in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
What do you want to know about Kalo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kaloThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Kalo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.