Colgate Surname

257,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Colgate Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a cool gap in a chain of hills.

Colgate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8701:416,61936,159
England4341:128,38312,777
Australia951:284,16525,304
Canada501:736,91258,785
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
India81:95,883,173728,828
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2041:119,48711,415
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Colgate (84) may also be a first name.

Colgate Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a cool gap in a chain of hills.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A place in St. Leonard's Forest, near Horsham, Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Sussex.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Colgate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colgate is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colgate? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 257,579th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,766,217 people. The last name Colgate occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Colgate reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Colgate is also the 1,046,220th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 84 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 870 people, or 1 in 416,619. In The United States Colgate is most numerous in: Florida, where 10 percent are found, Colorado, where 7 percent are found and Tennessee, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Colgate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colgate has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colgate surname expanded 588 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 213 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colgate Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Colgate last name are 20.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.74% being registered with the party.

The amount Colgate earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 287.8% more than the national average, earning R 921,552 per year; in United States they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning $47,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.49% less than the national average, earning $43,476 CAD per year.

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