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 surname Kolee (Marathi: कोळी) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kolee is the 334,403rd most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kolee live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 644,447th most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 198 people.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 978 people, or 1 in 4,508. In Liberia Kolee is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 60 percent live, Montserrado County, where 26 percent live and Maryland County, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Kolee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kolee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kolee last name declined 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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