Koolya Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Koolya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Koolya (10) may also be a first name.
Koolya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koolya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koolya is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koolya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Koolya are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Koolya is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname Koolya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 582,676. In Uganda Koolya is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 30 percent live, Bududa District, where 25 percent live and Mayuge District, where 10 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Koolya
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