Kolamou Surname
Approximately 7,836 people bear this surname
Kolamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 7,816 | 1:1,514 | 123 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Kolamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolamou is found most frequently in Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 63,895th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 930,008 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kolamou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The last name Kolamou is most frequently occurring in Guinea, where it is held by 7,816 people, or 1 in 1,514. In Guinea it is mostly found in: Nzérékoré Region, where 66 percent live, Kankan Region, where 14 percent live and Kindia Region, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent live and Liberia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kolamou
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