Kolawale Surname

132,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kolawale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolawale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,3631:52,6744,029
India411:18,708,912282,725
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kolawale (1,554) may also be a first name.

Kolawale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kolawale (Marathi: कोळवले) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolawale? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kolawale is the 132,555th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,140,248 people. The surname Kolawale is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kolawale are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kolawale is also the 196,581st most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 1,554 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,363 people, or 1 in 52,674. In Nigeria Kolawale is mostly found in: Lagos, where 15 percent live, Osun, where 12 percent live and Ekiti, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Kolawale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kolawale last name is principally Christian (79%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kolawale Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kolawale in the Marathi language
कोळवलेkolavale92.86
कोळवळेkolavale7.14

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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 Kolawale
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