Colditz Surname

183,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Colditz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colditz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,9161:42,0175,528
United States2411:1,503,979102,346
Australia921:293,43225,879
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Austria121:709,62061,025
France101:6,642,272293,169
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Colditz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colditz is found most in Germany. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colditz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colditz is the 183,591st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,150,690 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Colditz live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,916 people, or 1 in 42,017. In Germany Colditz is mostly found in: Saxony, where 61 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found and Berlin, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Colditz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colditz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colditz surname rose 4,017 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Colditz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Colditz last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.47% registered with the political party.

The amount Colditz earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning R 242,868 per year and in United States they earn 5.19% more than the national average, earning $45,388 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coldiz928/
Kolditz861,032/
Coldez7778/
Caldiz7731/
Koldiz771/
Koldits7165/
Coldich711/
Koldiez711/
Kolditch671/
Caldez62747/
Caldéz622/
Koldic621/
Kolditsova591/

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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
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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 Colditz
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