Kolkar Surname

116,747th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Kolkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3,8861:197,39211,886
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kõlkar (8) are calculated separately.

Kolkar (118) may also be a first name.

Kolkar Last Name Facts

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

Kolkar (Hindi: कोलकर, Marathi: कोळकर) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as a variant: Kõlkar. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolkar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 116,747th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,846,351 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kolkar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kolkar is also the 859,937th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 118 people.

The last name Kolkar is most common in India, where it is borne by 3,886 people, or 1 in 197,392. In India Kolkar is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent reside, Karnataka, where 30 percent reside and Goa, where 8 percent reside. Aside from India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kolkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kolkar in the Hindi language
कोलकरkolakara-
Kolkar in the Marathi language
कोळकरkolakara83.59
कोलकरkolakara13.26
कोलकारkolakara1.03
कोळेकरkolekara0.79
केळकरkelakara0.06
काळेकरkalekara0.06
कोलकुरkolakura0.06
कोळकूरkolakura0.06

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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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  • 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 Kolkar
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