Kolyvas Surname

413,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kolyvas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolyvas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece7271:15,2402,100
Australia511:529,32739,816
United States271:13,424,405494,117
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Kolyvas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kolyvas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kolyvas is found most in Greece. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolyvas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 413,768th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Kolyvas live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is held by 727 people, or 1 in 15,240. In Greece Kolyvas is most frequent in: Attica, where 45 percent reside, Ionian Islands, where 30 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Greece this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Kolyvas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kolyvas last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kolyvas earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 48.42% less than the national average, earning R 122,580 per year and in United States they earn 14.28% less than the national average, earning $36,988 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kollyvas9310/
Kalyvas863,956/
Kolivas86185/
Colyvas86132/
Kolevas8629/
Kolybas865/
Kolybash801/
Kollivas801/
Kalivas71616/
Colivas71124/
Colevas7161/
Kalevas7161/
Gkouliovas7118/
Kolivos7113/
Calyvas712/
Kolibash6736/
Collivas6720/
Kaliveas678/
Kalivash673/
Kallivas672/

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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 Kolyvas
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