Kolyang Surname
Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname
Kolyang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Cameroon | 784 | 1:26,491 | 3,604 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kolyang (1,775) may also be a first name.
Kolyang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolyang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kolyang occurs more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolyang? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolyang is the 241,646th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,408,679 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kolyang reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 181,592nd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 1,775 people.
Kolyang is most prevalent in Chad, where it is held by 867 people, or 1 in 15,677. Without taking into account Chad it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 47 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kolyang
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