Kolah Surname
Approximately 3,764 people bear this surname
Kolah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,328 | 1:32,982 | 3,931 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| India | 449 | 1:1,708,386 | 61,686 |
| Indonesia | 167 | 1:791,911 | 60,260 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Liberia | 102 | 1:43,221 | 3,943 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kolah (297) may also be a first name.
Kolah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolah (Arabic: كوله, Hindi: कोलह, Marathi: कोलाह, Oriya: େକାଲହ) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 121,626th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,936,117 people. The surname Kolah is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Kolah live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 511,663rd most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 297 people.
The surname Kolah is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 2,328 people, or 1 in 32,982. In Iran Kolah is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 62 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 10 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Iran this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 14 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolah in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलह | kolaha | - |
| Kolah in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲହ | ekalaha | - |
| Kolah in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलाह | kolaha | 91.46 |
| कोला | kola | 4.88 |
| कोलह | kolaha | 3.66 |
| Kolah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوله | kwlh | - |
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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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- 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 Kolah
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