Colonel Surname

432,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Colonel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colonel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3011:220,67334,242
Iran1941:395,78625,490
Argentina1041:410,99431,358
Romania591:340,30329,553
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Jamaica141:204,9965,998
England121:4,643,172139,951
India51:153,413,076951,030
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:697,48245,119

Colonel (5,800) may also be a first name.

Colonel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colonel (Marathi: कॉलोनेल) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colonel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 432,755th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,166,724 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Colonel reside; 38 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 87,586th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 5,800 people.

The surname Colonel is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 220,673. In France Colonel is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 90 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 5 percent are found and Occitanie, where 4 percent are found. Aside from France this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 24 percent are found and Argentina, where 13 percent are found.

Colonel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Colonel has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colonel Last Name Statistics demography

Colonel earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.36% less than the national average, earning $43,044 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colonell93126/
Colonnel9311/
Coloniel932/
Collonel930/
Colonnell8811/
Kolonel8625/
Solonel8612/
Colanel864/
Colonyl861/
Ciolanel8072/
Ciolănel801/
Solonnel801/
Kolonnel801/
Colanl771/
Collenell750/
Kolenel7114/
Calanel711/
Solanell6714/
Solaniel673/
Solannel672/
Calenell671/
Challanel632/
Kolonilova591/
Salounl571/
Zulianel5331/
Kallonil533/
Kolangil531/
Jalanell531/
Kulhanel531/
Gialanell502/

Colonel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Colonel in the Marathi language
कॉलोनेलkolonela-

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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 Colonel
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