Kolyva Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Kolyva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 380 | 1:29,157 | 4,500 |
| Ukraine | 46 | 1:989,624 | 92,482 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kolyva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolyva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolyva (Russian: Колыва) occurs most in Greece. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kolyva.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolyva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 684,148th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kolyva live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 29,157. In Greece it is primarily found in: Attica, where 64 percent are found, Ionian Islands, where 22 percent are found and Western Greece, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Greece it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolyva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolyva in the Russian language | ||
| Колыва | kolyva | - |
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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 Kolyva
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