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
Kolala (Marathi: कोळाला, Oriya: େକାଲାଳା, Russian: Колала) is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolala is the 41,692nd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 582,212 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kolala live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kolala is also the 346,663rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 583 people.
The surname Kolala is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 10,574 people, or 1 in 1,499. In Zambia Kolala is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 30 percent live, Central Province, where 19 percent live and North-Western Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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
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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 Kolala
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