Collingham Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Collingham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Collingham,' a parish in the West Riding of Yorks, near Wetherby.

Johannes de Colyngham, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Colyngham, 1379: ibid.

1613.

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Collingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3051:1,188,39084,748
England2941:189,51716,830
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Wales91:343,83718,086
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2861:85,2298,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Collingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Collingham,' a parish in the West Riding of Yorks, near Wetherby.

Johannes de Colyngham, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Colyngham, 1379: ibid.

1613. Married — Thomas Smith and Marie Collingham: St. Michael, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Collingham = the Home of the Col(a Family [Anglo-Saxon Colinga -hám: v. under Cole (English) and + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing+hám, home, estate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes in cos. York and Nottingham. Like Collingridge, Collington, Collingwood, Collingbourne, &c., this local name seems to be derived from some early proprietor called Colling.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Collingham is the name of a parish in this county, whilst Caudwell is derived from the name of a Derbyshire township.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Collingham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Collingham occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Collingham? popularity and diffusion

Collingham is the 495,028th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. The last name Collingham occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Collingham live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 1,188,390. In The United States Collingham is mostly concentrated in: Nebraska, where 24 percent reside, Maryland, where 13 percent reside and Idaho, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States Collingham occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 44 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Collingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Collingham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Collingham surname rose 401 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 103 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Collingham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Collingham surname are 37.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Collingham earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.25% less than the national average, earning $34,410 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $43,705 CAD per year.

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