Kolei Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Kolei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 200 | 1:230,900 | 16,264 |
| Algeria | 121 | 1:319,269 | 30,625 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Koleï (1) are calculated separately.
Kolei (41) may also be a first name.
Kolei Demographics
Kolei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kolei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolei is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Koleï. For other possible spellings of Kolei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kolei is the 685,266th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kolei are found; 46 percent are found in East Africa and 46 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kolei is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 41 people.
Kolei is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 230,900. In Kenya Kolei is most prevalent in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent live, Bomet County, where 1 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya Kolei is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 28 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Kolei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kolei last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kolei
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