Kolawala Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kolawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Kolawala (17) may also be a first name.
Kolawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolawala is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolawala? popularity and diffusion
Kolawala is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kolawala live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common forename in the world, borne by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 75 percent are found and Ekiti, where 25 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Kolawala exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 43 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kolawala
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