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
Kolayi (Hindi: कोलयी, Marathi: कोलायी) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolayi? popularity and diffusion
Kolayi is the 1,148,257th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kolayi reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kolayi is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name globally It is held by 30 people.
Kolayi is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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