Colonial Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Colonial Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colonial Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Colonial (106) may also be a first name.

Colonial Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colonial is held by more people in Colombia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colonial? popularity and diffusion

The last name Colonial is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Colonial live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 915,176th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 106 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Colombia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,924,691. In Colombia Colonial is most prevalent in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Colombia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 17 percent are found.

Colonial Last Name Statistics demography

Colonial earn notably more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 20.28% more than the national average, earning $27,307,300 COP 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 Colonial
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