Kole Surname
Approximately 110,646 people bear this surname
Kole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 93,186 | 1:8,232 | 700 |
| United States | 2,166 | 1:167,340 | 16,969 |
| DR Congo | 1,963 | 1:37,636 | 4,667 |
| Nigeria | 1,620 | 1:109,347 | 7,299 |
| South Africa | 1,404 | 1:38,588 | 4,955 |
| Netherlands | 1,086 | 1:15,550 | 2,354 |
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| Kenya | 900 | 1:51,311 | 5,191 |
| Ivory Coast | 868 | 1:26,580 | 1,867 |
| Indonesia | 867 | 1:152,537 | 14,958 |
| Benin | 815 | 1:12,682 | 1,719 |
| Papua New Guinea | 664 | 1:12,280 | 1,131 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Cameroon | 499 | 1:41,621 | 5,534 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Niger | 285 | 1:67,340 | 3,076 |
| Albania | 171 | 1:17,041 | 2,995 |
| Botswana | 165 | 1:13,254 | 2,545 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| Solomon Islands | 142 | 1:4,085 | 484 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Russia | 118 | 1:1,221,382 | 88,976 |
| Israel | 90 | 1:95,085 | 11,065 |
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Cyprus | 32 | 1:27,652 | 3,212 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Lesotho | 23 | 1:88,372 | 10,414 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Köle (4,926), Kolë (5) & Kolé (4) are calculated separately.
Kole (13,438) may also be a first name.
Kole Demographics
Average Male Kole Height
174.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kole (Bengali: কোলে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻪ, Hindi: कोले, Marathi: कोले, Oriya: େକାେଲ, Russian: Колье) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Köle, Kolë or Kolé. Click here for other potential spellings of Kole.
How Common Is The Last Name Kole? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kole is the 5,113th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 65,864 people. The surname Kole occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Kole live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kole is also the 50,121st most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 13,438 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 93,186 people, or 1 in 8,232. In India it is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 86 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 10 percent reside and Karnataka, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Kole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kole has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 6,564 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 436 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kole last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (68%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kole last name are 15.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.4% registered with the political party.
The amount Kole earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.09% less than the national average, earning R 154,248 per year; in United States they earn 11.43% more than the national average, earning $48,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.84% less than the national average, earning $49,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kole in the Bengali language | ||
| কোলে | kole | - |
| Kole in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାେଲ | ekaela | - |
| Kole in the Hindi language | ||
| कोले | kole | 99.32 |
| गोले | gole | 0.68 |
| Kole in the Marathi language | ||
| कोले | kole | 72.11 |
| कोळे | kole | 26.94 |
| कोळीे | kolie | 0.53 |
| ख़ोले | khole | 0.06 |
| कोलॆ | kole | 0.03 |
| खोले | khole | 0.03 |
| कोलेे | kolee | 0.02 |
| कोलीे | kolie | 0.02 |
| कोळॆ | kole | 0.02 |
| कोऴे | kole | 0.02 |
| कोल | kola | 0.02 |
| कोळे़ | kole | 0.02 |
| Kole in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻪ | klh | 25 |
| ﻛﻮﻟﻲ | kwly | 25 |
| ﻛﻮﻟﻰ | kwly | 25 |
| ﻛﻮﻝ | kwl | 25 |
| Kole in the Russian language | ||
| Колье | kole | - |
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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 Kole
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