Kallam is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kallam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

A variant of the Malcom. Originally a personal name, signifying Maol-Cholumb, 'the Servant of Columba,' the famous saint of Iona. So Maol-Jes, the true name of the old Earls of Strathern, means 'Servant of Jesus.' See cognate derivations under Gilchrist, Gos patrick, etc. "Murile means servant; therefore Malcolm (properly Mavile Columb) the servant of Columba; Malbrigd, the servant of St. Bridget; Malpatric, the servant of St. Patrick; Malmory (Mavile Maria), the ser vant of St. Mary". Ecclesiologist, April, 1819 . This family represent "the clan Challum or Mac Callum, settled, according to the traditions of the country, from a very early period in Argyleshire." B.L.G.

The family name Kallam is variant of McCallum. The son of the tender one, i.e., one who was like a dove.

Kallam is a form of Golub. Dweller at the sign of the pigeon or dove; one with some of the qualities of a pigeon.

Kallam is the variant form of Colon. A variant of Colomb meaning "one who raised doves".

A variant form of McCollum. The son of the tender one, i.e., one who was like a dove.

Kallam is a variant of Malcolm. Descendant of Malcolm meaning "devotee of St. Columbia, dove".

How popular is Kallam?

Kallam is common in India, United States, Niger.

Kallam is ranked 68548 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kallam bearers increased by 5.22 per cent in 2010 US census to 524 since 2000, the surname slipped by 239 spots and ranked at 41501. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.82 92.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 12.4 2.81
Others 2.29 1.41
Black 1.72 2.61
Kallam is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Niger lie ahead in terms of density. Around 7248 people have been found who wears Kallam as their family name. Kallam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Kallam:
8,987 India5,440
Countries with hundreds of Kallam:
39,674 United States778
1,540 Niger731
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,475 United Arab Emirates42
72,927 England31
8,109 Estonia31
246,176 Indonesia25
96,432 South Africa24
174,166 Nigeria22
13,856 Singapore17
192,576 Philippines14
55,960 Pakistan14
134,214 Iran13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
109,631 Australia10
54,497 Morocco9
61,769 Benin6
260,641 Canada6

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