The Kali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 287 people carried this name — #68,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 275 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Kali.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Kali live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
42 people named Kali is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kali,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cyril Kali 1984– · association football player
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Brigitte Kali Canales 1990– · actor
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Anouar Kali 1991– · association football player
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Noami Kali 1992– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kali.
- Kaizer 291 · U.S. census
- Kalai 169 · U.S. census
- Kalanquin 111 · U.S. census
- Kalaydjian 167 · U.S. census
- Kalb 2,853 · U.S. census
- Kaleta 909 · U.S. census
- Kalinowski 3,951 · U.S. census
- Kalinski 487 · U.S. census
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
- Kalk 573 · U.S. census
- Kalmes 322 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kali is.
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