Collwell Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Collwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Collwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Collwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Collwell is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Collwell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Collwell live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Collwell is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States Collwell is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 52 percent reside, Minnesota, where 17 percent reside and Georgia, where 4 percent reside. Not including The United States Collwell occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside and Ireland, where 3 percent reside.

Collwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Collwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Collwell surname decreased 69 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 68 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Collwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Collwell last name is chiefly Presbyterian (63%) in Ireland.

Collwell earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning $36,634 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colwell9318,040/
Collwel931/
Coolwell8898/
Cullwell8848/
Callwell8838/
Cholwell8817/
Collwill881/
Colweell880/
Colwelle880/
Coulwell880/
Colwel8617/
Colwll860/
Colwill802,217/
Culwell802,004/
Calwell80705/
Colbell802/
Callwel801/
Collwil800/
Coluell800/
Chalwell75485/
Caulwell75168/
Cholwill7568/
Colbel712/
Culwel712/
Kolwel711/
Calwel711/
Caselwell710/
Catelwell710/
Kolbell6713/
Kalwell673/
Kholliuell673/
Koelwel672/
Kolwele672/
Coluill671/
Calbell671/
Calweld671/
Caluell670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Collwell
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