Colomby Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Canada

Colomby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colomby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1561:1,372,27146,465
Canada541:682,32655,162
France371:1,795,209158,669
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Colomby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colomby is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colomby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colomby is the 910,497th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Colomby are found; 53 percent are found in South America and 53 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 1,372,271. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 93 percent live, Paraná, where 3 percent live and Goiás, where 1 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 18 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Colomby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Colomby has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colomby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Colomby surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Colomby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.91% less than the national average, earning R 100,020 per year; in United States they earn 49.13% more than the national average, earning $64,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.75% more than the national average, earning $70,424 CAD per year.

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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 Colomby
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