Koli Surname
Approximately 521,629 people bear this surname
Koli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 462,997 | 1:1,657 | 171 |
| Bangladesh | 25,323 | 1:6,293 | 571 |
| Nepal | 8,227 | 1:3,462 | 376 |
| Uganda | 5,535 | 1:7,053 | 1,233 |
| Indonesia | 2,462 | 1:53,716 | 5,965 |
| Pakistan | 2,041 | 1:87,528 | 2,926 |
| South Africa | 1,759 | 1:30,800 | 3,956 |
| DR Congo | 1,690 | 1:43,716 | 5,321 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,425 | 1:16,190 | 1,258 |
| Nigeria | 1,290 | 1:137,320 | 8,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,239 | 1:6,581 | 441 |
| Kenya | 1,218 | 1:37,915 | 4,053 |
| Iran | 720 | 1:106,642 | 10,273 |
| Finland | 686 | 1:8,013 | 1,249 |
| Iraq | 634 | 1:55,239 | 2,102 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 457 | 1:22,616 | 3,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 379 | 1:24,175 | 2,727 |
| Yemen | 343 | 1:77,042 | 5,204 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Niger | 238 | 1:80,639 | 3,500 |
| United States | 224 | 1:1,618,120 | 108,461 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Albania | 161 | 1:18,100 | 3,138 |
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Algeria | 83 | 1:465,440 | 36,143 |
| Greece | 82 | 1:135,119 | 22,476 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| Turkey | 49 | 1:1,588,192 | 60,638 |
| Afghanistan | 42 | 1:765,552 | 8,131 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Lesotho | 37 | 1:54,934 | 8,266 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Congo | 23 | 1:216,917 | 8,417 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Lebanon | 14 | 1:402,649 | 11,601 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Kõli (15), Köli (6) & Kolî (1) are calculated separately.
Koli (38,643) may also be a first name.
Koli Demographics
Koli Political Affiliation
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Koli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koli (Bengali: কলি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻲ, Hindi: कोली, Marathi: कोळी, Oriya: େକାଲି, Russian: Коли) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Kõli, Köli or Kolî. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koli? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,027th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,971 people. Koli is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Koli live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 22,876th most common first name worldwide, borne by 38,643 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 462,997 people, or 1 in 1,657. In India Koli is most common in: Maharashtra, where 64 percent live, Gujarat, where 29 percent live and Karnataka, where 5 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 109 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 5 percent live and Nepal, where 2 percent live.
Koli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koli has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Koli last name expanded 7,467 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Syriac Orthodox (89%) in Lebanon and Muslim (78%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Koli last name are 4.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.58% registered with the party.
The amount Koli earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.22% less than the national average, earning 276,088 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 44.37% less than the national average, earning R 132,192 per year and in United States they earn 12.81% less than the national average, earning $37,622 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koli in the Bengali language | ||
| কলি | kali | - |
| Koli in the Marathi language | ||
| कोळी | koli | 99.09 |
| कोली | koli | 0.71 |
| कोऴी | koli | 0.1 |
| ेकोळी | ekoli | 0.01 |
| ़कोळी | koli | 0.01 |
| कोळ | kola | 0.01 |
| कोळीु | koliu | 0 |
| ेकोली | ekoli | 0 |
| कोळीा | kolia | 0 |
| को्ळी | koli | 0 |
| कोळीू | koliu | 0 |
| केोळी | keoli | 0 |
| कोळा | kola | 0 |
| कोेळी | koeli | 0 |
| कॉळी | koli | 0 |
| खोली | kholi | 0 |
| कॉली | koli | 0 |
| कॊळी | koli | 0 |
| कोल | kola | 0 |
| कोळी़ | koli | 0 |
| Koli in the Hindi language | ||
| कोली | koli | 98.34 |
| कोळी | koli | 0.36 |
| कोलि | koli | 0.24 |
| कौली | kauli | 0.06 |
| कोरी | kori | 0.06 |
| कॉली | koli | 0.06 |
| डोली | doli | 0.06 |
| Koli in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲି | ekali | 77.82 |
| େକାଳି | ekali | 20.14 |
| େକାଲୀ | ekali | 1.37 |
| କଲି | kali | 0.34 |
| େକାଳୀ | ekali | 0.34 |
| Koli in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻲ | kwly | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻮﻟﻰ | kwly | 33.33 |
| Koli in the Russian language | ||
| Коли | koli | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Koli
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