Kolese Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Kolese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kolese (50) may also be a first name.
Kolese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolese (Marathi: कोळेसे, Russian: Колесе) is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kolese are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kolese is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 50 people.
The surname Kolese is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria Kolese is most numerous in: Ogun, where 93 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolese Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolese in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळेसे | kolese | - |
| Kolese in the Russian language | ||
| Колесе | kolese | - |
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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 Kolese
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