Collet Surname
Approximately 38,809 people bear this surname
Collet Surname Definition:
(French-Greek) a double diminutive of Nlc(h)olas, q.v. (French-Teut.) a diminutive from the Teutonic Col, Kol: v. under Cole (English) [French diminutive suff. -et] In French directories we find Colet, Colette, Collet, and Collette.
Collet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 27,874 | 1:2,383 | 156 |
| Belgium | 2,874 | 1:4,000 | 428 |
| United States | 1,424 | 1:254,536 | 24,133 |
| Germany | 1,399 | 1:57,545 | 7,443 |
| Brazil | 925 | 1:231,432 | 8,954 |
| Mauritius | 876 | 1:1,477 | 197 |
| Switzerland | 865 | 1:9,495 | 1,544 |
| Netherlands | 371 | 1:45,518 | 7,741 |
| Canada | 356 | 1:103,499 | 11,194 |
| Spain | 269 | 1:173,799 | 12,380 |
| Italy | 251 | 1:243,652 | 33,025 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| England | 137 | 1:406,701 | 27,895 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Argentina | 136 | 1:314,290 | 24,990 |
| Venezuela | 99 | 1:305,092 | 6,989 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| French Polynesia | 74 | 1:3,795 | 856 |
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 211 | 1:115,523 | 11,173 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 562 | 1:89,357 | 9,234 |
Collet (4,665) may also be a first name.
Collet Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French-Greek) a double diminutive of Nlc(h)olas, q.v. (French-Teut.) a diminutive from the Teutonic Col, Kol: v. under Cole (English) [French diminutive suff. -et] In French directories we find Colet, Colette, Collet, and Collette.
(1) “Little Nicholas” in Old English. (2) Also short for Acolyte (in church service).
(English, French) Descendant of little Cole, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory).
Amongst the names now extinct or rare in the county I should refer to Collet, which was numerous last century; but the neighbouring county of Oxford has evidently long been one of the principal homes of the name. The following gentle families have also become rare or extinct, the Chinns of Newnham, the Chesters of Almondsbury, both of whom flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries, together with the Donings of Pyrton and Nursehill (Bigl.). Most of the Creeds seem to have returned to their original home in Somerset: at all events, they are not so common as they were in the county of Gloucester. Driver was also a common name amongst the gentry of Avening during the last and the previous century (Bigl. and R.).
Collet Demographics
Average Male Collet Height
172.21 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Collet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Collet (Arabic: كولية, Marathi: कॉलेट, Oriya: କେଲତ) is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Collet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,376th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 187,780 people. The surname Collet occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Collet live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Collet is also the 100,353rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 4,665 people.
The surname Collet is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 27,874 people, or 1 in 2,383. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside, Brittany, where 14 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 12 percent reside. Besides France Collet exists in 83 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Collet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Collet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Collet surname grew 253 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 35 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Collet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Collet surname are 9.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.88% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Collet earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 54.27% less than the national average, earning €13,734 per year; in South Africa they earn 178.97% more than the national average, earning R 662,928 per year; in United States they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $47,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.64% less than the national average, earning $47,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Collet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Collet in the Oriya language | ||
| କେଲତ | kelata | - |
| Collet in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉलेट | koleta | 84.62 |
| कोलेट | koleta | 15.38 |
| Collet in the Arabic language | ||
| كولية | kwlyt | - |
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Collet Reference & Research
Collett FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
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Footnotes
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