Kolema Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Kolema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kolema (172) may also be a first name.
Kolema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolema is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kolema.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolema? popularity and diffusion
Kolema is the 1,276,805th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Kolema is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kolema reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 696,764th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 172 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 90,597. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 69 percent are found, Central, where 10 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Kolema
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