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
Average Colen Salary in
United States
$49,356 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Colen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colen is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Cólen or Colén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Colen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 143,729th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,355,380 people. The surname 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. It is also the 204,621st most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 1,453 people.
Colen is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 1,203 people, or 1 in 177,950. In Brazil Colen is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 62 percent reside, São Paulo, where 20 percent reside and Paraná, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside.
Colen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Colen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colen last name grew 1,392 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States Colen are 35.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.09% registered to vote for the political 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Colen
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