Kolawe Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kolawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kolawe (11) may also be a first name.
Kolawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolawe has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kolawe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolawe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Kolawe live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea Kolawe is most numerous in: Enga, where 92 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 8 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 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 Kolawe
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