Collins Surname
Approximately 646,590 people bear this surname
Collins Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' from nick. Coll or Cole, diminutive Col-in (compare Rob-in, Jen-in, &c). The -in Colling and Collings is excrescent (compare Jennings). Through careless pronunciation, Collings has become Collinge.
Read More About This SurnameCollins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 419,079 | 1:865 | 50 |
| England | 82,788 | 1:673 | 57 |
| Australia | 38,969 | 1:693 | 51 |
| Canada | 25,134 | 1:1,466 | 123 |
| Ireland | 17,231 | 1:273 | 26 |
| South Africa | 7,808 | 1:6,939 | 890 |
| Nigeria | 6,618 | 1:26,767 | 2,302 |
| Scotland | 5,223 | 1:1,025 | 159 |
| Kenya | 5,180 | 1:8,915 | 1,149 |
| Wales | 5,062 | 1:611 | 49 |
| Liberia | 4,954 | 1:890 | 118 |
| New Zealand | 4,731 | 1:957 | 72 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,954 | 1:625 | 95 |
| Jamaica | 2,776 | 1:1,034 | 188 |
| Mexico | 2,192 | 1:56,627 | 2,770 |
| Thailand | 1,090 | 1:64,806 | 8,211 |
| France | 988 | 1:67,229 | 9,289 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 942 | 1:1,448 | 215 |
| Guyana | 798 | 1:955 | 138 |
| Spain | 732 | 1:63,869 | 5,764 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Germany | 539 | 1:149,361 | 17,949 |
| Panama | 440 | 1:8,891 | 843 |
| Ecuador | 419 | 1:37,961 | 4,151 |
| Belgium | 398 | 1:28,886 | 4,645 |
| Brazil | 391 | 1:547,505 | 20,507 |
| Dominican Republic | 385 | 1:27,099 | 1,663 |
| Bahamas | 354 | 1:1,107 | 211 |
| Argentina | 325 | 1:131,518 | 11,138 |
| Samoa | 325 | 1:596 | 179 |
| Honduras | 321 | 1:27,466 | 952 |
| India | 318 | 1:2,412,155 | 77,882 |
| Netherlands | 265 | 1:63,725 | 10,963 |
| Chile | 261 | 1:67,496 | 2,795 |
| Grenada | 232 | 1:468 | 87 |
| Ghana | 225 | 1:120,092 | 11,366 |
| Russia | 225 | 1:640,547 | 55,698 |
| Venezuela | 213 | 1:141,803 | 4,479 |
| Japan | 209 | 1:611,695 | 15,989 |
| Philippines | 208 | 1:486,722 | 57,858 |
| Cameroon | 197 | 1:105,427 | 12,381 |
| Barbados | 190 | 1:1,513 | 319 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 183 | 1:616 | 132 |
| Sweden | 183 | 1:53,807 | 4,164 |
| Switzerland | 176 | 1:46,664 | 6,327 |
| Nicaragua | 167 | 1:36,054 | 1,242 |
| Israel | 161 | 1:53,153 | 6,939 |
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Uruguay | 140 | 1:24,513 | 2,864 |
| Jersey | 139 | 1:714 | 65 |
| Malaysia | 124 | 1:237,857 | 13,554 |
| Peru | 124 | 1:256,324 | 10,443 |
| Isle of Man | 118 | 1:727 | 106 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 118 | 1:468 | 107 |
| Denmark | 99 | 1:57,017 | 5,821 |
| Zimbabwe | 94 | 1:164,237 | 20,345 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Italy | 88 | 1:694,962 | 59,648 |
| China | 82 | 1:16,674,653 | 960 |
| Norway | 71 | 1:72,427 | 10,169 |
| Malta | 66 | 1:6,519 | 434 |
| Botswana | 61 | 1:35,851 | 7,015 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 60 | 1:1,840 | 302 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:1,092 | 205 |
| Belize | 56 | 1:6,348 | 1,021 |
| Cyprus | 55 | 1:16,089 | 1,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Cayman Islands | 54 | 1:1,183 | 151 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| Greece | 47 | 1:235,740 | 36,293 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Czechia | 46 | 1:231,162 | 32,089 |
| Hong Kong | 43 | 1:170,593 | 2,956 |
| Costa Rica | 41 | 1:116,587 | 1,845 |
| American Samoa | 39 | 1:1,430 | 249 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Finland | 36 | 1:152,686 | 13,963 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 1:2,833 | 434 |
| Guam | 33 | 1:4,852 | 643 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Tanzania | 31 | 1:1,707,794 | 47,542 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| British Virgin Islands | 28 | 1:1,128 | 178 |
| Belarus | 27 | 1:351,891 | 37,455 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| South Korea | 21 | 1:2,440,012 | 510 |
| Bermuda | 19 | 1:3,436 | 515 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Bangladesh | 16 | 1:9,959,798 | 13,502 |
| Paraguay | 16 | 1:452,297 | 6,189 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Togo | 15 | 1:483,185 | 6,352 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Vietnam | 10 | 1:9,264,605 | 2,710 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 9 | 1:650 | 96 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Egypt | 8 | 1:11,491,969 | 62,263 |
| Malawi | 8 | 1:2,139,889 | 24,009 |
| Sudan | 8 | 1:4,688,774 | 8,150 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Cuba | 7 | 1:1,646,102 | 8,141 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Saint Lucia | 7 | 1:25,540 | 1,703 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 1:3,468,093 | 12,102 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Montserrat | 5 | 1:989 | 156 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Cook Islands | 4 | 1:4,545 | 1,050 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Palau | 4 | 1:5,411 | 112 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Angola | 3 | 1:8,996,405 | 11,732 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Micronesia | 3 | 1:35,414 | 1,257 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 1:941,763 | 16,932 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1:106,337 | 8,831 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1:25,968,992 | 2,110 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13,335 | 1:332 | 32 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38,763 | 1:629 | 58 |
| Scotland | 2,289 | 1:1,635 | 301 |
| Wales | 1,850 | 1:848 | 61 |
| Jersey | 39 | 1:1,330 | 208 |
| Isle of Man | 36 | 1:1,507 | 200 |
| Guernsey | 23 | 1:1,420 | 241 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75,970 | 1:661 | 41 |
Collins (337,293) may also be a first name.
Collins 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. Coll or Cole, diminutive Col-in (compare Rob-in, Jen-in, &c). The -in Colling and Collings is excrescent (compare Jennings). Through careless pronunciation, Collings has become Collinge. v. Cole.
Colinus de Newill, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William fil. Colini, Yorkshire, ibid.
Alan Colin, Norfolk, ibid.
John fil. Colini, Suffolk, ibid.
John Colyngs, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Johannes Colinson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Colynson, 1379: ibid.
Colin serviens Johann' Vest, 1379: ibid.
Colins Charles, Norfolk, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1585. William Jamao and Katherine Collyn: Marriage Lic. (London).
1682. Married — Jacob Marsh and Mabella Collins: St. Michael, Cornhill.
Collin’s (Son). Collin = Colin, q.v.
A well known English name. In Ireland it is nearly always the anglicized form of Ó Coileáin, which is also Cullane. This sept is of Co. Limerick. Another Ó Cuilleáin, is of the Corca Laoidhe. IF 101; Map Cork and Lim
“Little Nicholas” in Old English.
(English) Son of a little Cole, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory).
(Gaelic.) From Cuilein, darling, a term of endearment applied to young animals, as Catulus, in Latin. In the Welsh, Collen signifies hazel—a hazel—grove.
William de Colince or Colunce held lands at Chadlington, Oxford, c. 1272 (Rot. Hundr.). Hugh de Culunce had custody of Pont Orson t. John, c. 1200 (Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm., v. 119). Coulonces was near Alençon. Ernis de C. m. a dau. of William de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey, t. Henry I. Hugh de Colonches, 1165, held a barony of four fees, and Thomas de C. one of equal dimensions. Adam de C. paid a fine to the King in Oxfordshire 1203, and Hugh de C. confirmed lands to Mottisfont Priory (Mon. ii.).
Collins Demographics
Average Collins Salary in
United States
$41,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Collins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collins Come From? nationality or country of origin
Collins (Hindi: कालिन्स, Marathi: कॉलीस) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Collins? popularity and diffusion
The surname Collins is the 820th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,271 people. Collins occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Collins reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,089th most common first name internationally, held by 337,293 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 419,079 people, or 1 in 865. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 199 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Collins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Collins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Collins last name rose 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 214 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 129 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 228 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 274 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Collins Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (92%) in Ireland, Orthodox (62%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Collins are 10.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.11% registered with the party.
The amount Collins earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 5.63% more than the national average, earning €31,721 per year; in Norway they earn 29.34% more than the national average, earning 447,616 kr per year; in Peru they earn 41.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,475 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.16% more than the national average, earning R 306,924 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning $22,483,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.56% less than the national average, earning $41,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning $50,406 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Collins Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Collins in the Hindi language | ||
| कालिन्स | kalinsa | - |
| Collins in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉलीस | kolisa | 44.44 |
| कॉलीन्स | kolinsa | 44.44 |
| कोलीन्स | kolinsa | 11.11 |
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