Kollington Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Canada

Kollington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kollington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kollington (23) may also be a first name.

Kollington Last Name Facts

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

Kollington is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kollington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kollington? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Kollington occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Kollington reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kollington is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 23 people.

The last name Kollington is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Rivers, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent reside and England, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolington951/
Collington901,491/
Collingtong861/
Colington843/
Kalington841/
Kelington841/
Cullington80445/
Callington8036/
Quallington7632/
Calington747/
Kalingtang701/
Kulingtang701/
Qualington700/
Khalngthong671/

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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 Kollington
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