Kolais Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kolais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Kolais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolais occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolais is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kolais reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kolais is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Kolais is most frequent in: Lagos, where 60 percent live and Kaduna, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 40 percent live and Greece, where 10 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kolais
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