Koloye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Koloye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Koloye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koloye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koloye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koloye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Koloye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koloye live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Koloye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 33 percent are found, Rivers, where 33 percent are found and Yobe, where 33 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Koloye exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Koloye
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