Kolai Surname
Approximately 888 people bear this surname
Kolai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 306 | 1:2,506,750 | 79,964 |
| Papua New Guinea | 271 | 1:30,088 | 3,437 |
| Ivory Coast | 104 | 1:221,839 | 9,194 |
| Pakistan | 67 | 1:2,666,327 | 22,731 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Kolaï (1) are calculated separately.
Kolai (3,309) may also be a first name.
Kolai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolai (Bengali: কলই, Hindi: कोलई, Marathi: कोलाई, Oriya: େକାଲାଇ) is most common in India. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kolaï. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 396,862nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Kolai live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 34 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kolai is also the 124,318th most numerous first name in the world, held by 3,309 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 2,506,750. In India Kolai is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 70 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 13 percent live and Maharashtra, where 5 percent live. Excluding India it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolai in the Bengali language | ||
| কলই | kala'i | - |
| Kolai in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलई | kola'i | 71.38 |
| कोलाई | kola'i | 24.89 |
| कोलइ | kola'i | 2.63 |
| कोलाइ | kola'i | 0.99 |
| Kolai in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलाई | kola'i | 44.93 |
| कोलई | kola'i | 39.13 |
| कोळई | kola'i | 5.8 |
| कोलै | kolai | 4.35 |
| कोळै | kolai | 2.9 |
| कोलइ | kola'i | 1.45 |
| कॉलाइ | kola'i | 1.45 |
| Kolai in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲାଇ | ekala'i | 44.44 |
| େକାଳାଇ | ekala'i | 22.22 |
| େକଲାଇ | ekala'i | 11.11 |
| କାଲାଇ | kala'i | 11.11 |
| କଲାଇ | kala'i | 11.11 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kolai
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