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 occurs most in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colloty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,321,499th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. Colloty occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Colloty live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa Colloty is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 34 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Free State, where 17 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Colloty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Colloty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colloty surname 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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