Kolvekar Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kolvekar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolvekar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5241:1,463,86555,507
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kolvekar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kolvekar (Marathi: कोलवेकर) is found most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kolvekar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolvekar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 585,898th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kolvekar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Kolvekar is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 1,463,865. In India Kolvekar is mostly concentrated in: Goa, where 36 percent reside, Karnataka, where 33 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 28 percent reside. Beside India Kolvekar is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolbekar88190/
Kelvekar88130/
Kalvekar8829/
Colvekar8825/
Kolwekar883/
Kolvakar881/
Kolvikar881/
Koulvakar822/
Kalbekar755/
Kelvakar751/
Kolwakar751/
Calvekar751/
Colvikar751/
Kalvitkar7131/
Calvetkar716/

Kolvekar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kolvekar in the Marathi language
कोलवेकरkolavekara82.93
कोळवेकरkolavekara15.85
वेकरvekara1.22

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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
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  • 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 Kolvekar
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