Collister Surname
Approximately 1,968 people bear this surname
Collister Surname Definition:
For Callister, a contraction of MacAllister, q.v.
Collister Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,010 | 1:358,870 | 32,025 |
England | 426 | 1:130,794 | 12,949 |
Isle of Man | 146 | 1:588 | 67 |
Canada | 132 | 1:279,133 | 26,131 |
Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
New Zealand | 27 | 1:167,716 | 18,432 |
Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Isle of Man | 361 | 1:150 | 33 |
England | 130 | 1:187,503 | 15,253 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 217 | 1:231,423 | 19,482 |
Collister (24) may also be a first name.
Collister Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Callister, a contraction of MacAllister, q.v.
Contracted from Mac Alister, ‘Alexanders Son'. The Greek name Alexandros was adopted by the Scotch, as the Latin Magnus by the Scandinavians. Several of the Scottish kings were called Alexander. It is found chiefly on our northern coast, the nearest to Scotland.
Collister is quite a late form, and is not nearly so common as Callister.
Collister Demographics
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Collister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Collister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Collister occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Collister? popularity and diffusion
It is the 209,874th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,703,021 people. Collister is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Collister live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,010 people, or 1 in 358,870. In The United States Collister is most numerous in: Ohio, where 10 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent reside and The Isle of Man, where 7 percent reside.
Collister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Collister has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 465 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 328 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Collister Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Collister last name are 16.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Collister earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.68% less than the national average, earning R 93,444 per year; in United States they earn 13.34% more than the national average, earning $48,903 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning $51,490 CAD per year.
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