Collector Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Collector Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Collector Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Liberia121:367,37819,503
England101:5,571,806158,774
India91:85,229,487684,495
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Collector (360) may also be a first name.

Collector Last Name Facts

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

Collector (Hindi: कलेक्टर) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Collector click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Collector? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Collector are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Collector is also the 458,892nd most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 360 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 91 percent reside, Delta, where 4 percent reside and Rivers, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Collector is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 20 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colector94298/
Collecter893/
Collector Wei821/
Kollektor7847/
Colctar752/
Kolektor7113/
Calactor711/
Kolloechter706/
Calle Catari671/
Chlechter671/
Colque Atora671/
Caliktor5947/

Collector Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Collector in the Hindi language
कलेक्टरkalektara-

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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 Collector
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