Kolay Surname
Approximately 12,662 people bear this surname
Kolay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 7,531 | 1:10,333 | 1,364 |
| India | 4,827 | 1:158,911 | 9,932 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Northern Cyprus | 10 | 1:31,901 | 6,529 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kolay (1,430) may also be a first name.
Kolay Demographics
Kolay Political Affiliation
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Kolay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolay (Arabic: كولاي, Hindi: कोलया, Marathi: कोलय, Oriya: େକାଲାୟ, Russian: Колай, Tibetan: ཀོ་ལེགས།) is found most in Turkey. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,282nd most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 575,545 people. The surname Kolay is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kolay live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 206,373rd most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 1,430 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 7,531 people, or 1 in 10,333. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside, Bursa Province, where 10 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Kolay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kolay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kolay surname grew 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kolay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kolay are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
Kolay earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.8% more than the national average, earning $59,889 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀོ་ལེགས། | kolek | - |
| Kolay in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲାୟ | ekalaya | - |
| Kolay in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलया | kolaya | 50 |
| कोले | kole | 33.33 |
| कोलय | kolaya | 16.67 |
| Kolay in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलय | kolaya | 35.19 |
| कोले | kole | 24.07 |
| कोलाय | kolaya | 22.22 |
| कोळे | kole | 11.11 |
| कोलेय | koleya | 3.7 |
| कोलीये | koliye | 3.7 |
| Kolay in the Russian language | ||
| Колай | kolaj | - |
| Kolay in the Arabic language | ||
| كولاي | kwlay | - |
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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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- 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 Kolay
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