Colgrave Surname

501,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Colgrave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colgrave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3071:87,93410,141
England2981:186,97316,679
United States241:15,102,456529,929
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1441:169,27314,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Colgrave Last Name Facts

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

Colgrave occurs most in Australia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Colgrave.

How Common Is The Last Name Colgrave? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 501,369th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Colgrave live; 49 percent live in Australasia and 49 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 87,934. In Australia Colgrave is most frequent in: Tasmania, where 56 percent live, Queensland, where 16 percent live and Victoria, where 12 percent live. Apart from Australia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 45 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Colgrave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colgrave has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Colgrave last name expanded 207 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 480 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Colgrave Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Colgrave last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Colgrave earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.53% less than the national average, earning $38,606 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.71% less than the national average, earning $45,853 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colgreave940/
Colgraves940/
Colgreaves891/
Colgrove881,397/
Coolgrove827/
Collgrove821/
Colgroove820/
Colengrove781/
Salgrave755/
Calgrove751/
Callgrove710/
Soulgroove671/
Salgrāve631/

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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 Colgrave
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