Colas Surname
Approximately 37,494 people bear this surname
Colas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 19,048 | 1:3,487 | 251 |
| Haiti | 9,324 | 1:1,146 | 178 |
| Spain | 2,601 | 1:17,975 | 2,006 |
| Philippines | 2,391 | 1:42,341 | 6,717 |
| United States | 1,200 | 1:302,049 | 27,820 |
| Cuba | 1,058 | 1:10,891 | 907 |
| Dominican Republic | 362 | 1:28,820 | 1,731 |
| Belgium | 343 | 1:33,518 | 5,456 |
| Canada | 237 | 1:155,467 | 15,773 |
| Mauritius | 148 | 1:8,739 | 1,843 |
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| Argentina | 106 | 1:403,240 | 30,872 |
| Mexico | 82 | 1:1,513,734 | 16,311 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Ecuador | 17 | 1:935,638 | 14,108 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
The alternate forms: Colás (147), Čolas (8), Colàs (6) & Colaš (5) are calculated separately.
Colas (726) may also be a first name.
Colas Demographics
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Colas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Colas (Arabic: كولاس, Marathi: कोलास) is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Colás, Čolas, Colàs or Colaš. Click here for other possible spellings of Colas.
How Common Is The Last Name Colas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,861st most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 194,366 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Colas live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 306,159th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 726 people.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 19,048 people, or 1 in 3,487. In France Colas is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent reside. Not including France it exists in 67 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 25 percent reside and Spain, where 7 percent reside.
Colas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Colas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colas surname increased 1,558 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 356 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Colas last name are 11.09% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.32% registered with the political party.
The amount Colas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.43% more than the national average, earning $51,103 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.88% more than the national average, earning $55,583 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Colas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Colas in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलास | kolasa | 87.5 |
| कोलस | kolasa | 12.5 |
| Colas in the Arabic language | ||
| كولاس | kwlas | - |
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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
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