Kolbia Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kolbia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolbia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kolbia (13) may also be a first name.

Kolbia Last Name Facts

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

Kolbia is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolbia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Kolbia are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 81 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kolbia is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 38 percent reside, Chimbu, where 31 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 31 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolbiah9246/
Kolbiaz9233/
Kolbiha927/
Kholbiah864/
Kolbaiya862/
Kalbia837/
Qolbiah7750/
Kalbiah7725/
Khalbia771/
Koolbea771/
Khalbiah7129/
Kolympia711/
Colbea67141/
Kulbhaiya6723/
Colvia6712/
Qalbia678/
Calbia671/
Colbeau62271/
Khalvia6225/
Qalbiah6212/
Kaalvia624/
Kulbhayya535/
Kulbheyya531/
Calvia50671/
Calbio5084/
Kalbeo501/

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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 Kolbia
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