Koleya Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Koleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 536 | 1:43,043 | 2,764 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Koleya (200) may also be a first name.
Koleya Demographics
Average Koleya Salary in
South Africa
R 156,660
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Koleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koleya (Oriya: କରଲାୟା, Russian: Колея) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koleya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 535,476th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,105,558 people. Koleya is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Koleya reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 640,739th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 200 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 536 people, or 1 in 43,043. In The Ivory Coast Koleya is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 93 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 3 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 2 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
Koleya Last Name Statistics demography
Koleya earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.08% less than the national average, earning R 156,660 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koleya in the Oriya language | ||
| କରଲାୟା | karalaya | - |
| Koleya in the Russian language | ||
| Колея | kolea | - |
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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 Koleya
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