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
Kolyva (Russian: Колыва) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kolyva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolyva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 684,148th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The surname Kolyva is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kolyva live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Kolyva is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 29,157. In Greece Kolyva is most numerous in: Attica, where 64 percent reside, Ionian Islands, where 22 percent reside and Western Greece, where 7 percent reside. Besides Greece Kolyva is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 11 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
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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