Kolakau Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kolakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kolakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolakau (Marathi: कोलकाउ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kolakau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolakau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Kolakau are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolakau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolakau in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलकाउ | kolaka'u | - |
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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 Kolakau
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