Kolosa Surname
Approximately 1,122 people bear this surname
Kolosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 481 | 1:112,636 | 13,536 |
| Zambia | 245 | 1:64,694 | 5,750 |
| Poland | 194 | 1:195,921 | 26,318 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
The alternate forms: Kološa (352) are calculated separately.
Kolosa (177) may also be a first name.
Kolosa Demographics
Average Kolosa Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kolosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolosa (Arabic: كولوسا, Russian: Кольоса) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kološa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolosa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,130th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,495,139 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Kolosa live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 685,598th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 177 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 112,636. In South Africa Kolosa is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 82 percent reside, Gauteng, where 8 percent reside and Western Cape, where 6 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and Poland, where 17 percent reside.
Kolosa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kolosa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.76% less than the national average, earning R 117,024 per year; in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.33% more than the national average, earning $52,333 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolosa in the Russian language | ||
| Кольоса | kolosa | - |
| Kolosa in the Arabic language | ||
| كولوسا | kwlwsa | - |
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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 Kolosa
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