Kolaha Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kolaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kolaha (283) may also be a first name.
Kolaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolaha (Marathi: कोलहा, Oriya: େକାଲହା) is found most in Benin. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolaha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Kolaha reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 526,385th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 283 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 369,129. In Benin it is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 89 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 4 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Benin it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 42 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolaha in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲହା | ekalaha | - |
| Kolaha in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलहा | kolaha | - |
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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 Kolaha
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