Colja Surname
Approximately 905 people bear this surname
Colja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 478 | 1:5,204 | 1,039 |
| Italy | 190 | 1:321,877 | 39,455 |
| Albania | 81 | 1:35,976 | 5,294 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Serbia | 22 | 1:324,770 | 15,940 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Čolja (63) are calculated separately.
Colja (72) may also be a first name.
Colja Demographics
Average Colja Salary in
Canada
$60,124 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Colja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Colja is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Čolja. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Colja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 391,109th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 8,052,537 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Colja are found; 65 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 56 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 72 people.
The surname is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 5,204. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Coastal-Karst, where 40 percent live, Gorizia, where 36 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Slovenia Colja exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 21 percent live and Albania, where 9 percent live.
Colja Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Colja earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 4.15% less than the national average, earning $21,759,500 COP per year and in Canada they earn 21.02% more than the national average, earning $60,124 CAD 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Colja
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