Colbear Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Colbear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colbear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:633,16037,224
Canada401:921,14070,350
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113

Colbear Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colbear Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Colbear is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colbear? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Colbear live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 633,160. In England Colbear is most frequent in: Essex, where 68 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live and Suffolk, where 7 percent live. Outside of England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Colbear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colbear has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Colbear surname expanded 677 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colbear Last Name Statistics demography

Colbear earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 27.52% less than the national average, earning $36,010 CAD per year.

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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
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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 Colbear
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