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
The last name Kolah (Arabic: كوله, Hindi: कोलह, Marathi: कोलाह, Oriya: େକାଲହ) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kolah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 121,626th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,936,117 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 297 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 2,328 people, or 1 in 32,982. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 62 percent live, Tehran Province, where 10 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Iran Kolah is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 14 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
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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- 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 Kolah
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