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 surname Colja is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Čolja. For other potential spellings of Colja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 391,109th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,052,537 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Colja live; 65 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 56 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Colja is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 72 people.
This surname is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is borne by 478 people, or 1 in 5,204. In Slovenia Colja is primarily concentrated in: Coastal-Karst, where 40 percent are found, Gorizia, where 36 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 21 percent are found and Albania, where 9 percent are found.
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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