Colegrave Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Colegrave Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Black Grove [Old English col (coal-) black + gráf, grove]

Colegrave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England981:568,55234,674
Australia441:613,53943,545
Canada401:921,14070,350
Scotland141:382,41616,471
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States111:32,950,812797,015
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Colegrave Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Black Grove [Old English col (coal-) black + gráf, grove]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Colegrave Last Name Facts

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

Colegrave is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colegrave? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Colegrave live; 47 percent live in Northern Europe and 47 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Colegrave is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 568,552. In England Colegrave is mostly found in: Greater London, where 27 percent live, Oxfordshire, where 15 percent live and Surrey, where 13 percent live. Aside from England this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 17 percent live.

Colegrave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colegrave has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Colegrave last name expanded 188 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 39 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Colegrave Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Colegrave surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Colegrave earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.23% more than the national average, earning R 349,872 per year; in United States they earn 26.19% more than the national average, earning $54,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.31% less than the national average, earning $49,031 CAD per year.

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