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
Kolei is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Koleï. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolei? popularity and diffusion
Kolei is the 685,266th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kolei reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 41 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 230,900. In Kenya Kolei is primarily concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent are found, Bomet County, where 1 percent are found and Makueni County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 28 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
Kolei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kolei last name is chiefly 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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