Koale Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Koale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koale (388) may also be a first name.
Koale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koale (Marathi: कोहळे) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Koale live; 59 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Koale is also the 439,750th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 388 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 49 percent live, East New Britain, where 34 percent live and Hela, where 9 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koale in the Marathi language | ||
| कोहळे | kohale | - |
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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 Koale
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