Kolama Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Kolama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kolama (66) may also be a first name.
Kolama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolama (Hindi: कोलमा, Marathi: कोळमा, Oriya: େକାଲାମା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,453,389th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Kolama reside; 52 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 66 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Barring The DR Congo Kolama exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolama in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलमा | kolama | - |
| Kolama in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲାମା | ekalama | - |
| Kolama in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळमा | kolama | - |
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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 Kolama
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