Kolef Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Kolef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 58 | 1:1,341,749 | 54,680 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kolef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolef (Russian: Кольеф) is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolef? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Kolef is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Kolef live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 1,341,749. In Turkey Kolef is primarily found in: Osmaniye Province, where 90 percent live, Bursa Province, where 5 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Turkey this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolef in the Russian language | ||
| Кольеф | kolef | - |
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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 Kolef
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