Kolavi Surname

211,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,951 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kolavi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolavi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,9381:395,80321,008
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Kolavi (28) may also be a first name.

Kolavi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kolavi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kolavi (Hindi: कोलावी, Marathi: कोळवी) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolavi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 211,391st most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,735,288 people. Kolavi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kolavi live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kolavi is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 28 people.

This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1,938 people, or 1 in 395,803. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Karnataka, where 92 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent are found and Gujarat, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kolavi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kolavi in the Hindi language
कोलावीkolavi-
Kolavi in the Marathi language
कोळवीkolavi62.5
कोलवीkolavi25
बेळवीbelavi12.5

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kolavi
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