Colmena Surname

310,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bolivia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Colmena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colmena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bolivia5551:19,1291,617
Spain4601:101,6358,262
Mexico1541:806,01411,701
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Colmeña (4) are calculated separately.

Colmena Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colmena Come From? nationality or country of origin

Colmena is held by more people in Bolivia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Colmeña. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colmena? popularity and diffusion

Colmena is the 310,758th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,012,827 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Colmena live; 47 percent live in South America and 46 percent live in Andean South America.

The last name Colmena is most commonly held in Bolivia, where it is borne by 555 people, or 1 in 19,129. In Bolivia it is most common in: La Paz Department, where 100 percent are found, Pando Department, where 0 percent are found and Santa Cruz Department, where 0 percent are found. Beside Bolivia it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 38 percent are found and Mexico, where 13 percent are found.

Colmena Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Colmena last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Colmena earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Colmena
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