Colafato Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Colafato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colafato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy991:617,74456,461
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Colafato Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colafato Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Colafato is found most frequently in Italy. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colafato? popularity and diffusion

Colafato is the 1,775,494th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Colafato is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Colafato reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name Colafato is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 617,744. In Italy it is primarily concentrated in: Calabria, where 57 percent reside, Liguria, where 29 percent reside and Lombardy, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Italy it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calafato88992/
Kolafatoa821/
Calafatto821/
Calaffato821/
Colofatto821/
Calafata7533/
Calafoto751/
Calafatas711/
Kalafata6363/
Kolofata6313/
Kalafatás591/
Callafota590/
Koliofotos561/
Koulofoutos531/

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Colafato
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