Colloty Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Colloty Surname Definition:

Ó Codlata (W) Kerry and west Cork. IF 18*; 313*

Colloty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Colloty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Codlata (W) Kerry and west Cork. IF 18*; 313*

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Colloty Last Name Facts

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

Colloty is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Colloty.

How Common Is The Last Name Colloty? popularity and diffusion

Colloty is the 1,321,499th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Colloty live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Colloty is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 34 percent reside, Gauteng, where 24 percent reside and Free State, where 17 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Colloty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colloty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colloty last name expanded 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Colloty Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Colloty earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.62% more than the national average, earning R 426,852 per year and in United States they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning $32,725 USD per year.

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