Colmy Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Scotland

Colmy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colmy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Colmy Last Name Facts

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

Colmy occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colmy? popularity and diffusion

Colmy is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Colmy live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Colmy is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Colmy is most frequent in: Hesse, where 50 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 44 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Colmy exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 14 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Colmy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colmy has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Colmy surname decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colmey91124/
Coulmy91116/
Colmay9132/
Csolmay831/
Calmy80224/
Colma80149/
Colme8057/
Colmi8028/
Kolmy8023/
Solmy8013/
Zolmy805/
Colmé801/
Jolmy801/
Colmer731,908/
Colmet73298/
Colmes7383/
Kolmay7379/
Colmez7366/
Calmay7344/
Solmay7340/
Culmey7323/
Kolmey7314/
Colmie7313/
Cholme7313/
Kholmy7310/
Solmey734/
Coulma733/
Zoulmy732/
Colmaa732/
Calmey732/
Zolmay732/
Colmea732/
Coulme731/
Colmis731/
Collmé731/
Chalmy731/
Zolmey731/
Collmer67506/
Chalmey67142/
Kohlmey6758/
Kollmey6725/
Koulmey6716/
Kohlmay679/
Kolmysh672/
Koulmay671/
Kolmaya671/
Kollmay671/
Kolmych671/
Koelmay671/
Zoulmey671/
Choulmi671/
Colmetz670/
Kollmoy670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Colmy
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