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 surname Kolala (Marathi: कोळाला, Oriya: େକାଲାଳା, Russian: Колала) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 41,692nd most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 582,212 people. The surname Kolala is mostly 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 commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 583 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 10,574 people, or 1 in 1,499. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 30 percent live, Central Province, where 19 percent live and North-Western Province, where 14 percent live. Not including Zambia this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs 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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