Collys Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Collys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Collys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium241:479,02747,365
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Collys Last Name Facts

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

The last name Collys is most common in Belgium. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Collys? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Collys live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most common in Belgium, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 479,027. In Belgium Collys is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 50 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 38 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Belgium it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Collys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Collys has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Collys last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colleys921/
Colys918/
Cholleys860/
Collis8314,871/
Colles83638/
Collès8316/
Cholys834/
Coleys831/
Callys831/
Kollys831/
Coolys830/
Colless77846/
Colliss77435/
Collies7799/
Coelles7750/
Collijs7742/
Collise7726/
Collese7719/
Collios7712/
Chollis7711/
Coulles7711/
Collais772/
Collist772/
Collihs772/
Collest772/
Cooleys771/
Ckollis771/
Collesh771/
Collets771/
Cholles771/
Colleus771/
Colllis771/
Ccallys771/
Colysse771/
Cholysh771/
Colleis770/
Collish770/
Colluis770/
Coilles770/
Coullis770/
Calleys770/
Coles7355,193/
Colis735,606/
Calys7341/
Kolys738/
Culys730/
Choullis7165/
Chollois7150/
Colletts7118/
Cotellis7112/
Cotillis7112/
Collisch7111/
Collishe719/
Colloids712/
Coullais711/
Kolleyse711/
D'Colyse711/
Cocilles711/
Collisse711/
Calles6724,496/
Cholis6712,441/
Callis676,582/
Cullis672,023/
Choles671,470/
Coyles67564/
Coulis67513/
Coules67500/
Kolles67352/
Zolles67203/
Chołys67180/
Kollis67173/
Colish67139/
Cotellese67134/
Kolysh67115/
Colais6764/
Cooles6759/
Colios6753/
Collez6744/
Coless6730/
Coelis6729/
Kolyos6728/
Coiles6726/
Kholys6722/
Coolis6719/
Callís6717/
Kallys6715/
Coleas6714/
Collex6714/
Colesh6712/
Culles6711/
Coleus6711/
Coulliais6710/
Ckolis679/
Colise676/
Cotles676/
Calyos676/
Chalys674/
Cohles674/
Coeles674/
Kolhys674/
Chulys674/
Collisová673/
Zuolys673/
Colese673/
Colliz673/
Csolis673/
Colest672/
Coucelles672/
Colijs672/
Callès672/
Colisd672/
Colies671/
Colets671/
Qcoles671/
Cuoles671/
Coleis671/
Cioles671/
Coluis671/
Zollis671/
Colhes671/
Ciolis671/
Ciołys671/
Coscilles671/
Callyz671/
Coylis670/
Cosles670/
Colees670/
Colist670/

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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 Collys
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