Kola Surname
Approximately 113,541 people bear this surname
Kola Surname Definition:
Kola is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: kraal.
Kola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 62,653 | 1:12,243 | 998 |
| Albania | 10,220 | 1:285 | 8 |
| Togo | 8,295 | 1:874 | 66 |
| Nigeria | 7,113 | 1:24,904 | 2,168 |
| South Africa | 4,467 | 1:12,128 | 1,512 |
| DR Congo | 3,639 | 1:20,302 | 2,564 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,471 | 1:7,427 | 755 |
| Kenya | 1,725 | 1:26,771 | 2,997 |
| Greece | 1,334 | 1:8,306 | 1,017 |
| Cameroon | 1,267 | 1:16,392 | 2,254 |
| Turkey | 1,020 | 1:76,296 | 7,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,014 | 1:8,041 | 612 |
| Iran | 901 | 1:85,219 | 8,620 |
| Ivory Coast | 790 | 1:29,204 | 2,005 |
| United States | 736 | 1:492,471 | 41,542 |
| England | 618 | 1:90,159 | 9,729 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| United Arab Emirates | 409 | 1:22,402 | 2,562 |
| Oman | 384 | 1:9,604 | 1,254 |
| Benin | 338 | 1:30,579 | 4,039 |
| Finland | 280 | 1:19,631 | 2,784 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Kosovo | 178 | 1:10,460 | 1,561 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Indonesia | 160 | 1:826,557 | 62,551 |
| Nepal | 160 | 1:178,006 | 2,779 |
| Congo | 154 | 1:32,397 | 3,220 |
| Germany | 154 | 1:522,763 | 44,015 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Poland | 130 | 1:292,375 | 35,141 |
| Solomon Islands | 120 | 1:4,834 | 640 |
| Hungary | 106 | 1:92,606 | 9,092 |
| Zambia | 96 | 1:165,103 | 11,556 |
| Italy | 89 | 1:687,154 | 59,360 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| Pakistan | 73 | 1:2,447,177 | 21,607 |
| Niger | 68 | 1:282,236 | 8,651 |
| Latvia | 67 | 1:30,598 | 4,691 |
| Lesotho | 66 | 1:30,796 | 5,791 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Haiti | 53 | 1:201,583 | 7,706 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Cyprus | 47 | 1:18,827 | 2,132 |
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Tanzania | 22 | 1:2,406,437 | 48,353 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Ireland | 18 | 1:261,608 | 9,673 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Iceland | 17 | 1:22,358 | 1,772 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Barbados | 12 | 1:23,954 | 1,149 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Serbia | 7 | 1:1,020,707 | 29,076 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Kóla (1) are calculated separately.
Kola (50,537) may also be a first name.
Kola Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kola is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: kraal.
Kola is a surname of the Ila tribe, meaning: crane (bird).
Kola is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: cough.
Kola Demographics
Average Male Kola Height
172.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kola Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kola (Georgian: კოლა, Hindi: कोला, Marathi: कोला, Oriya: େକାଲା) is found most in India. It can also occur as a variant: Kóla. For other potential spellings of Kola click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kola? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,986th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,184 people. The last name Kola is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Kola live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kola is also the 18,348th most common first name globally, borne by 50,537 people.
The surname Kola is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 62,653 people, or 1 in 12,243. In India Kola is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 50 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 28 percent are found and Telangana, where 15 percent are found. Other than India this surname occurs in 115 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 9 percent are found and Togo, where 7 percent are found.
Kola Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kola has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kola last name increased 3,345 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (92%) in Kenya, Sunni (64%) in Lebanon, Christian (69%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kola last name are 3.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.03% being registered with the party.
The amount Kola earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 73.34% less than the national average, earning €8,005 per year; in Norway they earn 7.62% less than the national average, earning 319,721 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.81% less than the national average, earning R 173,928 per year; in United States they earn 8.99% more than the national average, earning $47,029 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $45,383 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kola in the Georgian language | ||
| კოლა | kola | - |
| Kola in the Hindi language | ||
| कोला | kola | 89.1 |
| कोल़ | kola | 1.28 |
| कोल्ा | kola | 0.21 |
| कोल़़ | kola | 0.21 |
| को़ल | kola | 0.21 |
| Kola in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲା | ekala | 88.06 |
| େକାଳା | ekala | 6.32 |
| େକାଲ | ekala | 3.75 |
| କଲା | kala | 0.7 |
| େକାଳ | ekala | 0.23 |
| ଲତା | lata | 0.23 |
| ଳମ | lama | 0.23 |
| ଲାତା | lata | 0.23 |
| Kola in the Marathi language | ||
| कोला | kola | 76.94 |
| कोळा | kola | 22.72 |
| कॉळा | kola | 0.22 |
| कॉला | kola | 0.11 |
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