Koleola Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Koleola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Koleola Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Koleola (128) may also be a first name.

Koleola Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Koleola Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Koleola is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Koleola? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,095,216th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Koleola occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Koleola live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koleola is also the 821,896th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 128 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 41 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Koleola exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koleala8644/
Kolayola803/
Koleohlo802/
Kollojula751/
Kaljola7140/
Coleole712/
Kouleoulou711/
Koljoli711/
Koliouli6782/
Kulehula6734/
Kaleoule678/
Kolayole677/
Kalihola674/
Kulajola673/
Kalleala673/
Kouleaoulou671/
Kalehala671/
Kolujula671/
Kaleeala671/
Keleolio671/
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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 Koleola
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