Kolee Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Kolee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 978 | 1:4,508 | 555 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Kolee (198) may also be a first name.
Kolee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolee (Marathi: कोळी) is most common in Liberia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 334,403rd most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. The last name Kolee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kolee are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 644,447th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 198 people.
This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 978 people, or 1 in 4,508. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 60 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 26 percent reside and Maryland County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Liberia it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Kolee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kolee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kolee last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolee in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळी | koli | 65.55 |
| कोली | koli | 34.45 |
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Kolee Reference & Research
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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 Kolee
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