Colaco Surname
Approximately 25,576 people bear this surname
Colaco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 8,652 | 1:3,151 | 752 |
| Brazil | 7,407 | 1:28,902 | 1,244 |
| India | 7,321 | 1:104,776 | 6,869 |
| Portugal | 623 | 1:16,723 | 1,230 |
| United States | 349 | 1:1,038,564 | 76,174 |
| Canada | 287 | 1:128,382 | 13,382 |
| England | 275 | 1:202,611 | 17,646 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Colaço (2,556) are calculated separately.
Colaco (90) may also be a first name.
Colaco Demographics
Average Male Colaco Height
172.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Colaco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colaco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colaco (Marathi: कोलासो) has its highest incidence in Mozambique. It can also be found in the variant forms: Colaço. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colaco? popularity and diffusion
The last name Colaco is the 21,329th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 284,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 34 percent of Colaco live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Colaco is also the 1,005,046th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 90 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is borne by 8,652 people, or 1 in 3,151. Outside of Mozambique this surname is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 29 percent are found and India, where 29 percent are found.
Colaco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Colaco has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Colaco last name expanded 34,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Colaco Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Colaco last name are 29.75% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 82.98% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Colaco earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 157.12% more than the national average, earning R 611,004 per year; in United States they earn 47.98% more than the national average, earning $63,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning $62,906 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Colaco Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Colaco in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलासो | kolaso | 82.46 |
| कोलाको | kolako | 5.24 |
| कॉलाचो | kolaco | 3.87 |
| कोलको | kolako | 3.64 |
| कोळासो | kolaso | 1.14 |
| कॉलाको | kolako | 0.91 |
| कॉलासो | kolaso | 0.68 |
| कोलसो | kolaso | 0.46 |
| ोलासो | olaso | 0.23 |
| कोलालो | kolalo | 0.23 |
| कोलओ | kola'o | 0.23 |
| लोलासो | lolaso | 0.23 |
| कोलाओ | kola'o | 0.23 |
| कॉलामो | kolamo | 0.23 |
| कोळाको | kolako | 0.23 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Colaco
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