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) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Kólyi. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 584,278th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname Kolyi occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kolyi live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Kolyi is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 529 people, or 1 in 86,054. In Ukraine Kolyi is primarily found in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 75 percent reside, Donetsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Luhansk Oblast, where 3 percent reside. Other than Ukraine Kolyi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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