Kolma Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Kolma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 244 | 1:33,417 | 3,909 |
| Burkina Faso | 139 | 1:132,029 | 3,599 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Kolmá (3) & Kólma (1) are calculated separately.
Kolma (238) may also be a first name.
Kolma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolma (Hindi: कोलमा, Russian: Кольма) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant: Kolmá or Kólma. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kolma is the 631,297th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,056,913 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kolma live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 580,229th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 238 people.
The last name Kolma is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 33,417. In Papua New Guinea Kolma is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 43 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 40 percent reside and Madang, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolma in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलमा | kolama | - |
| Kolma in the Russian language | ||
| Кольма | kolma | - |
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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 Kolma
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