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Around the world, Kolonel (Colonel
, Coronel
, Columna
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name Kolonel is characteristic of Bolivia, where it is a rare masculine name, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Pakistan, Ethiopia, and India. Predominantly, Kolonel is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Colonel | United Kingdom, Argentina, United States, Philippines, Brazil |
| Coronel | Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico, Philippines, Peru |
| Columna | Argentina, Mexico, Philippines, Colombia, Peru |
| Kolonel | France, India, Canada, United States |
Kolonel is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kolonel Vandesijpe , the fictional character from F.C. De Kampioenen; Colonel Kurtz , the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now; Colonel Fitzwilliam , the fictional character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice; Colonel Hathi , the fictional elephant from Disney's "The Jungle Book" and Colonel Forster , the fictional character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and in many other works.