Colchester Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Colchester Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Colchester.' It seems to be a very scarce surname.

1652. Married — Richard Colchester and BUz. Kensey: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1894. Henry Sparrowe Colchester: Daily Telegraph, Aug.

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Colchester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1931:288,69522,251
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England971:251,29218,244

Colchester Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Colchester.' It seems to be a very scarce surname.

1652. Married — Richard Colchester and BUz. Kensey: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1894. Henry Sparrowe Colchester: Daily Telegraph, Aug. 4, 1894.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

COLLECESTER: W. de Collecester, canon (probably of Holyrood), witnessed an Inchcolm charter, a. 1199 (Inchcolm, p. 7). An Englishman, probably, from Colchester.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic + Anglo-Latin) belonging to Colchester, the Anglo-Saxon Colne-ceaster, &c. - prob. the (Roman) City on the R. Colne [Old English ceaster; Latin castra, a camp] But Colne, which frankly lends fair ColeChester her name.—Drayton, Polyolbion, Song xix. 119.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The town in Essex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Colchester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colchester is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Colchester click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colchester? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name Colchester is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Colchester live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Colchester is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 288,695. In England Colchester is most numerous in: Greater London, where 22 percent reside, Suffolk, where 19 percent reside and Norfolk, where 14 percent reside. Barring England it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Colchester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colchester has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Colchester last name expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colchester Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Colchester earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 9.97% more than the national average, earning R 261,336 per year and in United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colcheter950/
Colchete8993/
Colchette844/
Colchetee840/
Colcete8215/
Colcheti783/
Colcheta781/
Colchetti746/
Calcete7146/
Colxete713/
Colceti711/
Calcette6710/
Colcetta679/
Calcheta677/
Kolsäter676/
Colcetti675/
Kolciter671/

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