Colleen Forename
3,143rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 332,150 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Colleen Forename Definition:
A Irish name, meaning: A girl.
Colleen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 244,357 | 1:1,484 | 312 |
| Canada | 100% | 35,809 | 1:925 | 206 |
| South Africa | 99% | 16,356 | 1:3,334 | 632 |
| Australia | - | 10,573 | 1:1,292 | 273 |
| England | 100% | 9,150 | 1:6,077 | 588 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,576 | 1:813 | 192 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,458 | 1:1,264 | 246 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,173 | 1:2,458 | 537 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 845 | 1:18,253 | 2,047 |
| Scotland | 100% | 766 | 1:6,985 | 576 |
| Philippines | 97% | 644 | 1:164,611 | 7,790 |
| Wales | 100% | 440 | 1:7,033 | 692 |
| Ireland | 100% | 416 | 1:11,162 | 754 |
| Barbados | - | 412 | 1:703 | 162 |
| Guyana | 100% | 345 | 1:2,212 | 429 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 324 | 1:4,202 | 753 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 217 | 1:37,568 | 3,687 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 185 | 1:91,363 | 4,915 |
| Botswana | 100% | 169 | 1:12,926 | 1,739 |
| India | 100% | 167 | 1:7,274,718 | 244,413 |
| Thailand | 98% | 167 | 1:419,556 | 21,076 |
| Kenya | - | 144 | 1:321,577 | 10,865 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 138 | 1:1,286,698 | 29,889 |
| Germany | 100% | 131 | 1:737,999 | 6,593 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| China | - | 111 | 1:12,306,809 | 59,809 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 85 | 1:358,235 | 17,346 |
| Singapore | 100% | 80 | 1:78,588 | 7,120 |
| Zambia | - | 74 | 1:214,254 | 7,249 |
| Indonesia | - | 68 | 1:3,793,583 | 163,000 |
| Micronesia | - | 66 | 1:1,614 | 257 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 61 | 1:134,647 | 3,723 |
| Namibia | - | 59 | 1:40,749 | 2,749 |
| Brazil | 100% | 49 | 1:4,372,166 | 71,459 |
| Hong Kong | - | 44 | 1:176,198 | 3,174 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 43 | 1:2,552 | 502 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Bermuda | - | 41 | 1:1,581 | 369 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 41 | 1:1,338 | 308 |
| France | 100% | 40 | 1:1,661,758 | 10,530 |
| Ecuador | - | 35 | 1:506,483 | 5,397 |
| Jersey | - | 31 | 1:3,225 | 462 |
| Mexico | 100% | 30 | 1:4,138,148 | 17,999 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,554 | 554 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Japan | - | 22 | 1:5,817,548 | 29,011 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| South Korea | - | 21 | 1:264,020 | 8,921 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 20 | 1:5,579 | 946 |
| Sweden | 100% | 20 | 1:492,895 | 12,671 |
| Italy | 92% | 19 | 1:3,213,794 | 18,941 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Belize | 100% | 16 | 1:22,144 | 2,400 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Uganda | 100% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Grenada | 100% | 12 | 1:9,010 | 1,199 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Spain | - | 11 | 1:4,229,997 | 14,986 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Israel | - | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Finland | 67% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Russia | - | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Colleën (1) are calculated separately.
Colleen (1,479) may also be a surname.
Colleen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Irish name, meaning: A girl.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Colleen Forename Popularity
Colleen Demographics
Average Colleen Salary in
United States
$47,501 USD
Per year
Rank:
154,503 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0682607
Rank: 305 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
109.13%
Sample size: 118,462 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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