Kolya Surname
Approximately 3,323 people bear this surname
Kolya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,516 | 1:304,875 | 17,118 |
| Mongolia | 387 | 1:7,300 | 1,137 |
| Uganda | 243 | 1:160,655 | 13,924 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Romania | 12 | 1:1,673,156 | 53,791 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
The alternate forms: Kólya (133) are calculated separately.
Kolya (2,897) may also be a first name.
Kolya Demographics
Average Kolya Salary in
United States
$14,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kolya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolya (Arabic: كوليا, Hindi: कोल्या, Marathi: कोलया) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Kólya. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 135,297th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,193,062 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kolya are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 134,988th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 2,897 people.
The last name Kolya is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 2,516 people, or 1 in 304,875. In India Kolya is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 85 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 12 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Mongolia, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Kolya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kolya surname is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia.
Kolya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 65.58% less than the national average, earning $14,850 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolya in the Marathi language | ||
| कोलया | kolaya | - |
| Kolya in the Hindi language | ||
| कोल्या | kolya | 97.52 |
| कोलया | kolaya | 2.48 |
| Kolya in the Arabic language | ||
| كوليا | kwlya | - |
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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 Kolya
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