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
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Colega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colega is found in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Coléga. Click here for other potential spellings of Colega.
How Common Is The Last Name Colega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Colega is the 40,523rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 563,615 people. Colega is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Colega are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 590,311th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 231 people.
Colega is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is borne by 6,798 people, or 1 in 4,010. Other than Mozambique this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 38 percent reside and Portugal, where 5 percent reside.
Colega Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Colega last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with 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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