Koelau Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Koelau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Koelau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koelau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koelau is most common in The Solomon Islands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koelau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Koelau live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Solomonic Oceania.
The last name Koelau is most commonly occurring in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 16,112. In The Solomon Islands it is mostly found in: Malaita Province, where 97 percent are found and Western Province, where 3 percent are found. Besides The Solomon Islands this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Koelau
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