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
Average Male Koli Height
170.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Koli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koli (Bengali: কলি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻲ, Hindi: कोली, Marathi: कोळी, Oriya: େକାଲି, Russian: Коли) is most common in India. It may appear in the variant forms: Kõli, Köli or Kolî. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koli? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,027th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,971 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 38,643 people.
Koli is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 462,997 people, or 1 in 1,657. In India Koli is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 64 percent live, Gujarat, where 29 percent live and Karnataka, where 5 percent live. Aside from India it is found in 109 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 5 percent live and Nepal, where 2 percent live.
Koli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Koli has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Koli last name increased 7,467 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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 surname are 4.35% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.58% registered to vote for the political 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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