Colega Surname
Approximately 12,930 people bear this surname
Colega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 6,798 | 1:4,010 | 928 |
| Angola | 4,930 | 1:5,474 | 762 |
| Portugal | 632 | 1:16,485 | 1,211 |
| Brazil | 323 | 1:662,769 | 24,478 |
| Philippines | 143 | 1:707,960 | 71,677 |
| Colombia | 17 | 1:2,810,240 | 14,126 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
The alternate forms: Coléga (2) are calculated separately.
Colega (231) may also be a first name.
Colega Demographics
Colega Political Affiliation
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Colega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colega has its highest incidence in Mozambique. It may be found as: Coléga. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 40,523rd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 563,615 people. The last name Colega occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Colega live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 590,311th most frequent given name globally, held by 231 people.
This surname is most common in Mozambique, where it is carried by 6,798 people, or 1 in 4,010. Aside from Mozambique it occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 38 percent are found and Portugal, where 5 percent are found.
Colega Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Colega surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Colega earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
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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
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