Coleau Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Coleau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coleau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2921:227,47535,284
Belgium421:273,73032,801
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Coleau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Coleau has its highest incidence in France. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Coleau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 820,032nd most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Coleau reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Coleau is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 227,475. In France Coleau is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 75 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 7 percent reside and Guadeloupe, where 6 percent reside. Aside from France this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Coleau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Coleau has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Couleau92539/
Colea91663/
Coilleau861/
Collea83148/
Colțea83141/
Colgea8395/
Caleau8373/
Coleou8331/
Coleah8311/
Colieu833/
Coleha832/
Coliea831/
Colåea831/
Colgeu831/
Colesea7758/
Colleou7711/
Cosleou774/
Collieu772/
Coleșea771/
Colegia771/
Colleay771/
Colèšea771/
Coleașă771/
Colehat771/
Colja73905/
Calea73560/
Colléaux7129/
Collegia712/
Colichea711/
Colehous710/
Colehass710/
Callea672,293/
Colgiu67347/
Coljee67185/
Koleah67153/
Koleha6780/
Koleňa6719/
Koliea6715/
Colija679/
Colgia674/
Caleea673/
Caleoa673/
Coliou672/
Coloiu672/
Coléou672/
Kolgea672/
Koleay672/
Colhia671/
Calieu671/
Colías671/
Coljat671/
Colyie671/
Coliah671/
Kolyea671/
Collía671/
Caleșu671/
Caleha671/
Kolieu671/
Cahlea670/
Colgey670/

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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 Coleau
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