Koleji Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Koleji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Koleji (12) may also be a first name.
Koleji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koleji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koleji (Marathi: कोळेजी) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Koleji.
How Common Is The Last Name Koleji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Koleji is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Koleji are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koleji is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent are found, Delta, where 5 percent are found and Ogun, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and Malawi, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koleji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koleji in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळेजी | koleji | 57.14 |
| कॉलेजी | koleji | 28.57 |
| कोलेजी | koleji | 14.29 |
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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 Koleji
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