Kolu Surname
Approximately 4,852 people bear this surname
Kolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 1,341 | 1:3,287 | 425 |
| India | 1,110 | 1:691,050 | 32,191 |
| Turkey | 739 | 1:105,306 | 9,079 |
| Finland | 646 | 1:8,509 | 1,325 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 209 | 1:39,013 | 4,711 |
| Indonesia | 197 | 1:671,316 | 52,436 |
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Kõlu (60) are calculated separately.
Kolu (3,144) may also be a first name.
Kolu Demographics
Average Kolu Salary in
United States
$52,408 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolu (Hindi: कोलू, Marathi: कोलू, Oriya: େକାଲୁ) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kõlu. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolu? popularity and diffusion
Kolu is the 97,767th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,501,967 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 37 percent of Kolu live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 128,323rd most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 3,144 people.
The surname Kolu is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 1,341 people, or 1 in 3,287. In Liberia Kolu is mostly concentrated in: Lofa County, where 84 percent live, Montserrado County, where 10 percent live and Nimba County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Turkey, where 15 percent live.
Kolu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kolu surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
The amount Kolu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.46% more than the national average, earning $52,408 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.71% more than the national average, earning $55,499 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolu in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାଲୁ | ekalu | 85.71 |
| େକାଳୁ | ekalu | 14.29 |
| Kolu in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलू | kolu | 52.31 |
| कोलु | kolu | 47.69 |
| Kolu in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलू | kolu | 47.14 |
| कोलु | kolu | 42.92 |
| कोळु | kolu | 5.27 |
| कोळू | kolu | 4.07 |
| कोळीु | koliu | 0.6 |
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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 Kolu
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