Colain Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Colain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Colain (170) may also be a first name.
Colain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colain is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Colain occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Colain are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Colain is also the 701,320th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 170 people.
Colain is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,620,066. In France it is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 83 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 5 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent live. Apart from France this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Colain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Colain has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Colain
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