Cologne Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Cologne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 154 | 1:74,654 | 11,851 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Cologne (23) may also be a first name.
Cologne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cologne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cologne occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cologne? popularity and diffusion
Cologne is the 959,117th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Cologne reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 74,654. In Belgium Cologne is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 75 percent live, Walloon Region, where 23 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Belgium it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent live and Israel, where 11 percent live.
Cologne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cologne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cologne last name decreased 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Cologne
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