Colen Surname
Approximately 3,094 people bear this surname
Colen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,203 | 1:177,950 | 6,857 |
| United States | 1,072 | 1:338,115 | 30,487 |
| Netherlands | 347 | 1:48,666 | 8,337 |
| Belgium | 143 | 1:80,396 | 12,660 |
| Spain | 65 | 1:719,262 | 31,067 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Mexico | 30 | 1:4,137,540 | 26,679 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
The alternate forms: Cólen (5) & Colén (2) are calculated separately.
Colen (1,453) may also be a first name.
Colen Demographics
Colen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Colen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colen is found most frequently in Brazil. It can occur as a variant: Cólen or Colén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 143,729th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,355,380 people. Colen is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Colen are found; 41 percent are found in South America and 39 percent are found in Luso-South America. Colen is also the 204,621st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,453 people.
The last name Colen is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 1,203 people, or 1 in 177,950. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 62 percent reside, São Paulo, where 20 percent reside and Paraná, where 3 percent reside. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.
Colen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Colen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colen last name expanded 1,392 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Colen surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Colen surname are 35.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.09% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Colen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 15.18% less than the national average, earning 293,539 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.39% more than the national average, earning $49,356 USD per year.
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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
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