Colchen Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Colchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1161:572,61077,014
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Colchen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colchen occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colchen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,658,108th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. Colchen is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Colchen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Colchen is most widespread in France, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 572,610. In France it is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 27 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 22 percent are found and Grand Est, where 16 percent are found. Outside of France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Colchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Colchen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colchen last name expanded 200 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
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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 Colchen
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