Çolu Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Çolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 154 | 1:505,334 | 28,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Colu (239) are calculated separately.
Çolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Çolu occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Colu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Çolu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Çolu are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 505,334. In Turkey Çolu is primarily concentrated in: Van Province, where 31 percent reside, Mersin Province, where 27 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 14 percent reside. Beside Turkey this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colu | 92 | 239 | / |
| Çoğlu | 89 | 68 | / |
| Çoliu | 89 | 9 | / |
| Çollu | 89 | 5 | / |
| Çuoğlu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Solu | 75 | 1,272 | / |
| Zolu | 75 | 748 | / |
| Çulu | 75 | 319 | / |
| Ţolu | 75 | 48 | / |
| Çalu | 75 | 23 | / |
| Xolu | 75 | 9 | / |
| Soylu | 67 | 42,067 | / |
| Soliu | 67 | 20,079 | / |
| Collu | 67 | 5,884 | / |
| Çullu | 67 | 2,228 | / |
| Zolou | 67 | 2,039 | / |
| Sollu | 67 | 1,375 | / |
| Solou | 67 | 489 | / |
| Colau | 67 | 364 | / |
| Solus | 67 | 338 | / |
| Soslu | 67 | 233 | / |
| Solau | 67 | 203 | / |
| Colou | 67 | 165 | / |
| Sholu | 67 | 159 | / |
| Zollu | 67 | 122 | / |
| Cholu | 67 | 102 | / |
| Soulu | 67 | 80 | / |
| Solgu | 67 | 65 | / |
| Soilu | 67 | 64 | / |
| Coleu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Coliu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Soleu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Solut | 67 | 34 | / |
| Sohlu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Zoulu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Solui | 67 | 18 | / |
| Solup | 67 | 15 | / |
| Soolu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tsolu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Solud | 67 | 6 | / |
| Solhu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ciolu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zuolu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Suolu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zoleu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Coulu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coylu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoluh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoliu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoğlu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soluš | 67 | 1 | / |
| Şoliu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soluy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coluj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Çuliu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zxolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soğlu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Çolu
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