Kolyi Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Kolyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 529 | 1:86,054 | 12,345 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
The alternate forms: Kólyi (1) are calculated separately.
Kolyi (13) may also be a first name.
Kolyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolyi (Hindi: कोलयी) occurs most in Ukraine. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kólyi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 584,278th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kolyi reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 529 people, or 1 in 86,054. In Ukraine Kolyi is primarily concentrated in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 75 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 8 percent are found and Luhansk Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Barring Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolyi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolyi in the Hindi language | ||
| कोलयी | kolayi | - |
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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 Kolyi
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