Kalas

See also: kalas, Kalaš, Kałas, and käläş

English

Etymology 1

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Hungarian Kalász, an ethnic surname for a member of a Turkic people.
• Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Kalaš, a patronymic from the personal name Kála.
• Borrowed from Polish Kałas.

Proper noun

Kalas (plural Kalases)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kalas is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Kalas is most common among White (95.48%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kalas

1. plural of Kala

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kalas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 266.

Czech

Etymology

Diminutive of the personal name Kála, a short form of Kalist, from Late Latin Calixtus; see Calixto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkalas]

Proper noun

Kalas m anim (feminine Kalasová)

1. a male surname

Declension

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