Kolala Surname
Approximately 12,517 people bear this surname
Kolala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 10,574 | 1:1,499 | 211 |
| DR Congo | 1,313 | 1:56,268 | 6,734 |
| Tanzania | 242 | 1:218,767 | 18,242 |
| India | 201 | 1:3,816,246 | 105,238 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Afghanistan | 55 | 1:584,603 | 6,939 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kolala (583) may also be a first name.
Kolala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolala (Marathi: कोळाला, Oriya: େକାଲାଳା, Russian: Колала) is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 41,692nd most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 582,212 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kolala are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 346,663rd most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 583 people.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 10,574 people, or 1 in 1,499. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 30 percent are found, Central Province, where 19 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolala in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲାଳା | ekalala | 50 |
| େକାଲଳା | ekalala | 50 |
| Kolala in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळाला | kolala | 50 |
| कोळला | kolala | 50 |
| Kolala in the Russian language | ||
| Колала | kolala | - |
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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 Kolala
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