Colomb Surname

81,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Colomb Surname Definition:

(French) One who raised doves; descendant of Colomb (dove).

Colomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4,1241:16,1061,726
United States1,0041:361,01532,174
Switzerland2221:36,9955,363
Haiti1681:63,5953,564
Canada1231:299,55827,752
England891:626,04636,944
Australia441:613,53943,545
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Panama221:177,8305,396
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
China41:341,830,39216,990
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Colomb (279) may also be a first name.

Colomb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) One who raised doves; descendant of Colomb (dove).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From St. Colomb; a location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Colomb Last Name Facts

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

Colomb is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colomb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 81,430th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,221,718 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Colomb live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 531,524th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 279 people.

The surname Colomb is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 4,124 people, or 1 in 16,106. In France it is most numerous in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 50 percent are found, Occitanie, where 13 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 11 percent are found. Other than France it is found in 45 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Switzerland, where 4 percent are found.

Colomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Colomb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colomb surname increased 1,068 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 593 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colomb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States Colomb are 2.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.1% being registered with the political party.

The amount Colomb earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.67% less than the national average, earning $41,133 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.41% less than the national average, earning $39,048 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Collomb924,922/
Coulomb922,995/
Colombt922/
Colombs922/
Coolomb920/
Coullomb86160/
Coulombs8618/
Colombch861/
Columb83479/
Colomp8339/
Kolomb8317/
Calomb836/
Culomb831/
Colombová805/
Collomp77689/
Collumb7781/
Coulomp7719/
Collonb7710/
Columbs772/
Coulumb771/
Coulonb771/
Callomb770/
Koloemb770/
Collomps718/
Coullomp712/
Coullonb711/
Collumbs710/
Kalomb67260/
Calamb6736/
Kolumb6715/
Kolombová6714/
Kolamb673/
Qolumb673/
Zolamb671/
Kulomb671/
Jolamb671/
Colunb670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Colomb
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