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As a last name, Kalina can be Polish, Czech or German tracing its origins to the personal name Kalina or the Latin personal names Calixta and Aquilinus.
As a Polish, Czech or Ashkenazic Jewish last name, its origins can be traced to the Slavic word 'kalina' referring to the viburnum or snowball tree (also known as guelder rose). For the Polish and Czech origin it is probably topographic whereas the Jewish last name is directly referring to the plant.
As an Ashkenazic Jewish last name, it may also come from a town named Kalina or Kalino.
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In the US, an 1880 census found most families with the last name Kalina were residing in the state of Illinois where there were 18-34 individual families with that name.
By the year 1920, a new census revealed the members of the Kalina family had moved all across the United States, though there were still 24-46 families in Illinois and also 24-46 families in Ohio.
The peak of immigration (at least through New York) was around 1888 and 1889 when 20 people with the last name Kalina came over on boats from Europe. The majority of the immigrants came from Bohemia, Austria and Russia.
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In England, in an 1891 census, 67% of families with the last name Kalina lived in London. The other 33% (only two families) lived in Staffordshire.
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People with the last name Kalina in the United States in 1880 were disproportionately employed as blacksmiths and tailors. 31% of blacksmiths had the name Kalina in 1880 and 23% of tailors had that last name. Whereas only 1% of the general public were blacksmiths and tailors.
A few thousand young men in the US with the last name Kalina were drafted during World War II, many of them first generation immigrants from Eastern Europe.
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From 1966 to the present, Kalina's have had a slightly higher than average life expectancy. So be happy if that's your last name!
I got all these details from Ancestry.com.
As a Polish, Czech or Ashkenazic Jewish last name, its origins can be traced to the Slavic word 'kalina' referring to the viburnum or snowball tree (also known as guelder rose). For the Polish and Czech origin it is probably topographic whereas the Jewish last name is directly referring to the plant.
As an Ashkenazic Jewish last name, it may also come from a town named Kalina or Kalino.
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In the US, an 1880 census found most families with the last name Kalina were residing in the state of Illinois where there were 18-34 individual families with that name.
By the year 1920, a new census revealed the members of the Kalina family had moved all across the United States, though there were still 24-46 families in Illinois and also 24-46 families in Ohio.
The peak of immigration (at least through New York) was around 1888 and 1889 when 20 people with the last name Kalina came over on boats from Europe. The majority of the immigrants came from Bohemia, Austria and Russia.
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In England, in an 1891 census, 67% of families with the last name Kalina lived in London. The other 33% (only two families) lived in Staffordshire.
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People with the last name Kalina in the United States in 1880 were disproportionately employed as blacksmiths and tailors. 31% of blacksmiths had the name Kalina in 1880 and 23% of tailors had that last name. Whereas only 1% of the general public were blacksmiths and tailors.
A few thousand young men in the US with the last name Kalina were drafted during World War II, many of them first generation immigrants from Eastern Europe.
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From 1966 to the present, Kalina's have had a slightly higher than average life expectancy. So be happy if that's your last name!
I got all these details from Ancestry.com.