Kolegam Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kolegam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kolegam (34) may also be a first name.
Kolegam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolegam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolegam occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kolegam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolegam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kolegam live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 34 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Kolegam is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalegam | 86 | 17 | / |
| Koligam | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kolagam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kalegham | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kolagham | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kolighame | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalagam | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kaligam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kalegom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coligam | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kelegoum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khaligam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Colligam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cooligam | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kalligham | 63 | 1 | / |
| Colligham | 63 | 0 | / |
| Collagham | 63 | 0 | / |
| Calagam | 57 | 3 | / |
| Caligam | 57 | 1 | / |
| Culligam | 53 | 0 | / |
| Caligham | 53 | 0 | / |
| Calligam | 53 | 0 | / |
| Calagham | 53 | 0 | / |
| Callagham | 50 | 39 | / |
| Calligham | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Kolegam
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