Colman Forename
Approximately 5,623 people bear this name
Colman Forename Definition:
Likewise from Latin columba, ‘a dove,’ but not from the great St. Columba(-us); the Church’s intervention, here, is that of Columbanus, the Irish missionary who, finding the colleens much too alluring for his peace of mind, worked and suffered on the Continent, an influence strengthened and—in this matter of Christian names—given operative point by those five Celtic and English C7 saints who, by methathesis of Columbanus, bore the name of Colman.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,065 | 1:25,563 | 2,386 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,020 | 1:4,552 | 465 |
| United States | 100% | 686 | 1:528,480 | 13,705 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 573 | 1:309,885 | 11,419 |
| South Africa | 100% | 292 | 1:186,756 | 12,331 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 185 | 1:83,372 | 6,343 |
| England | 100% | 139 | 1:400,021 | 9,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 121 | 1:67,374 | 6,447 |
| Canada | 100% | 85 | 1:389,804 | 11,242 |
| Uganda | 100% | 67 | 1:611,297 | 13,002 |
| Hong Kong | - | 43 | 1:180,296 | 3,188 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:15,288 | 1,325 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:63,557 | 1,302 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| Brazil | 100% | 20 | 1:10,711,808 | 129,249 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 19 | 1:1,602,628 | 49,521 |
| Australia | - | 14 | 1:975,544 | 11,712 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13 | 1:2,323,223 | 39,208 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Guyana | - | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Benin | 100% | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| Philippines | 100% | 10 | 1:10,600,948 | 147,506 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| India | 100% | 9 | 1:134,986,441 | 1,652,066 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6 | 1:891,728 | 9,103 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Cameroon | - | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Argentina | 83% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Belgium | 67% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Germany | 100% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
The alternate forms: Colmán (3) are calculated separately.
Colman (68,313) may also be a surname.
Colman Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Likewise from Latin columba, ‘a dove,’ but not from the great St. Columba(-us); the Church’s intervention, here, is that of Columbanus, the Irish missionary who, finding the colleens much too alluring for his peace of mind, worked and suffered on the Continent, an influence strengthened and—in this matter of Christian names—given operative point by those five Celtic and English C7 saints who, by methathesis of Columbanus, bore the name of Colman. (See also Colan and Colin.)
Colman Forename Popularity
Colman Demographics
Average Male Colman Height
175.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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