Collette Surname
Approximately 16,571 people bear this surname
Collette Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,881 | 1:52,675 | 6,334 |
| France | 2,825 | 1:23,512 | 2,749 |
| Canada | 2,718 | 1:13,556 | 1,997 |
| Belgium | 1,969 | 1:5,839 | 714 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Australia | 229 | 1:117,885 | 13,036 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 1:124,170 | 19,427 |
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Germany | 102 | 1:789,269 | 58,234 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 89 | 1:15,326 | 1,933 |
| Brazil | 88 | 1:2,432,663 | 74,473 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Uruguay | 79 | 1:43,440 | 4,931 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Guyana | 28 | 1:27,222 | 3,043 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 226 | 1:222,207 | 18,866 |
The alternate forms: Colletté (1) are calculated separately.
Collette (45,824) may also be a first name.
Collette 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.
(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.
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.
Collette Demographics
Collette Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Collette Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collette Come From? nationality or country of origin
Collette is most common in The United States. It can be found as: Colletté. For other potential spellings of Collette click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Collette? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,166th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 439,777 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Collette are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 19,892nd most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 45,824 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,881 people, or 1 in 52,675. In The United States Collette is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 60 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 16 percent reside.
Collette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Collette has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Collette surname expanded 3,045 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 156 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Collette Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Collette are 6.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.86% being registered with the party.
The amount Collette earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning $43,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.75% less than the national average, earning $45,337 CAD per year.
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