Colesman Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Colesman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colesman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Colesman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colesman is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colesman? popularity and diffusion

Colesman is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Colesman are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria Colesman is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Colesman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Colesman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colesman surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Colesman
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