Kalp

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves (see Kalb)

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

Kalp is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. In Nauru it is the 33rd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 777K(measured from records)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 122K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 150K

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.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈670 people, est.

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 122K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves (see Kalb).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kalp 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 Kalp is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye—≈670 est.≈1 in 122K—Kalp7
US United States—4281 in 777K447Kalp128
ZA South Africa—≈360 est.≈1 in 156K—Kalp12
CA Canada—≈96 est.≈1 in 393K—Kalp17
DE Germany—≈65 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Kalp13
IE Ireland—≈35 est.≈1 in 150K—Kalp1
PA Panama—≈11 est.≈1 in 346K—Kalp1
NR Nauru#33———Kalp1

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. 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)

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

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, South Africa

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, India, Algeria

    Also written Kälp, Kãlp

  • Bangla surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

  • Arabic surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Algeria, Syria

    Also written Kâlp, Kãlp, Kälp, Ķālp

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Kălp, Kālp, ̈kalp

  • Hebrew surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Türkiye, United States, Uruguay

    Also written קאלפ, Calp

32 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kalp is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, heart

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, neprav, nevaljao (para, čovek), falsificiran

    as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kalp
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000447#45,149
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010428#49,177
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020406#54,736
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Kalp mean, and where does it come from?
from Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves (see Kalb). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kalp have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 672 people named Kalp in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kalp.
How common is the name Kalp?
In the United States, the national register counted 428 people named Kalp in 2010, about 1 in 777 thousand residents.
How common is Kalp compared with other names?
In Nauru, Kalp is the 33rd most common surname of 1,280 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Kalp” — the 33rd most common surname in Nauru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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