Collett Surname
Approximately 24,930 people bear this surname
Collett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,347 | 1:35,030 | 4,374 |
| England | 7,075 | 1:7,875 | 1,152 |
| Australia | 2,972 | 1:9,083 | 1,349 |
| South Africa | 1,254 | 1:43,204 | 5,519 |
| Canada | 1,173 | 1:31,411 | 4,086 |
| New Zealand | 1,020 | 1:4,440 | 701 |
| Wales | 328 | 1:9,435 | 1,034 |
| Northern Ireland | 119 | 1:15,505 | 2,102 |
| Brazil | 119 | 1:1,798,944 | 58,246 |
| Norway | 99 | 1:51,942 | 7,451 |
| Scotland | 77 | 1:69,530 | 5,379 |
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,787 | 1:6,437 | 990 |
| Wales | 61 | 1:25,712 | 1,467 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
| Guernsey | 7 | 1:4,665 | 827 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,381 | 1:36,364 | 4,316 |
Collett (676) may also be a first name.
Collett Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' from nick. Col or Cole, diminutive Col-et, often used for a girl's name, and Latinized into Colecta or Coleta. This form lingered on till the 16th century, as the following entry will show:
1523. Robert Sweten and Coleta Gotfery: Marriage Lic. (London).
'Colette, propyr name (Collet, P). Colecta': Prompt Parv. See Collect. 'Kytt Cakeler, and Colett Crane, Gylle Fetyse, and Fayr Jane.': Coventry Mysteries.
Colett de Sautre, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter Colet, Salop, ibid.
Dyonisia Colet, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Coleta Elot, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Henricus Tayllour, et Collette uxor ejus, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Colet, 1379: ibid.
'John Colet (1467'-1510), dean of St. Paul's, and founder of St. Paul's Schools, was probably born in the parish of St Antholin, London, where his family resided': Dictionary of National Biography i. 321. This preserves the earlier form.
1495. 'Collet Smyth, wife of Henry Smyth, was buried before St. Catherine s image.' Norwich: History of Norfolk.
(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.
(English, French) Descendant of little Cole, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory).
Has been derived from colet, an acolyte, the fourth of the minor sacerdotal orders; but its true meaning is "little Nicholas." Thus the parents of St. Colette, who held St. Nicholas in great veneration, gave their child in baptism the name of "Colette, c'est a dire Petit Nichole." Edinb. Rev. April, 1855.
William Colet was resident in Normandy 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.); Humphry and William Colet in 1198 (Ib.); Alexander Culet in England 1199 (Palgr. Rot. Cur. Regis), Dyonisia and Walter Colet c. 1272 (Rot. Hundr.).
From the French, Collette; a personal name.
The Colletts of this county are mostly found in the Oxford district. The name of Collet was represented in Oddington in the reign of Elizabeth (D.). Collet was a common name in Gloucestershire during last century (Bigland's "Gloucestershire"). There are now also Colletts in Wiltshire and Collets in Cambridgeshire. In the 13th century Colet was an Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and a London name. The "colet" was the old English form of "acolyte," a church servant, and it is remarkable that, as a rule, the homes of the Colletts are, or have been, in the vicinity of ecclesiastical centres.
Collett Demographics
Average Collett Salary in
United States
$40,889 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Collett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collett Come From? nationality or country of origin
Collett is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Collett? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,808th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 292,320 people. Collett is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Collett live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 318,733rd most widely held first name globally It is held by 676 people.
The surname Collett is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 10,347 people, or 1 in 35,030. In The United States Collett is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 13 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States Collett exists in 68 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.
Collett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Collett has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 749 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 538 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 7,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 62 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Collett Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Collett surname is principally Anglican (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States Collett are 21.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.73% registered with the political party.
The amount Collett earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 108.42% more than the national average, earning 721,317 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 82.86% more than the national average, earning R 434,544 per year; in United States they earn 5.24% less than the national average, earning $40,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.1% more than the national average, earning $52,215 CAD per year.
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