Colombia Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Cuba

Colombia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colombia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Colombia (4,611) may also be a first name.

Colombia Last Name Facts

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

Colombia (Arabic: اولومبيا) is most common in Colombia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Colombia.

How Common Is The Last Name Colombia? popularity and diffusion

Colombia is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Colombia are found; 61 percent are found in South America and 39 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Colombia is also the 101,054th most frequently used given name globally, held by 4,611 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,308,230. In Colombia it is mostly concentrated in: Cundinamarca Department, where 78 percent are found, Capital District, where 11 percent are found and La Guajira Department, where 11 percent are found. Not including Colombia this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 18 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

Colombia Last Name Statistics demography

Colombia earn more than double the average income. In Colombia they earn 116.05% more than the national average, earning $49,048,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coloumbia942/
Collombia941/
Columbia88940/
Kolombia88531/
Colombio885/
Culombia881/
Colombeau82290/
Kolombea7533/
Calumbia758/
Kolumbia754/
Colunbia751/
Calambia751/
Kalombia751/
Columbio750/
Caliambia711/
Kalambia6315/
Kalumbia631/
Calambio631/
Kalamboyias5310/
Kalembya505/
Kulumbya501/
Kalambya501/

Colombia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Colombia in the Arabic language
اولومبياawlwmbya-

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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 Colombia
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