Koliou Surname

348,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Koliou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koliou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece9771:11,3411,488
Cyprus461:19,2362,231
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Koliou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Koliou is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Koliou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 348,836th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,960,407 people. The last name Koliou occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Koliou are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Koliou is most common in Greece, where it is carried by 977 people, or 1 in 11,341. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 31 percent are found, Epirus, where 31 percent are found and Thessaly, where 9 percent are found. Not including Greece this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kliou912/
Colliou77436/
Klioiue771/
Killiou771/
Kleou7313/
Kleiu734/
Klieu733/
Klyou732/
Kliju731/
Cliou731/
Klihu731/
Kloiu731/
Klehou6719/
Kleius675/
Kluyou672/

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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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  • 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 Koliou
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