Kolayi Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Kolayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kolayi (30) may also be a first name.
Kolayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolayi (Hindi: कोलयी, Marathi: कोलायी) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolayi is the 1,148,257th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. Kolayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kolayi live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 30 people.
This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolayi in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलायी | kolayi | - |
| Kolayi in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलयी | kolayi | 50 |
| कोलई | kola'i | 50 |
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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 Kolayi
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