Colony Surname
Approximately 887 people bear this surname
Colony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 419 | 1:865,057 | 65,721 |
| Pakistan | 240 | 1:744,350 | 10,904 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 144 | 1:348,741 | 26,729 |
Colony (239) may also be a first name.
Colony Demographics
Average Colony Salary in
United States
$63,449 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Colony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colony Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colony (Hindi: कालोनी) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Colony click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colony? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 397,164th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,215,948 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Colony are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Colony is also the 578,640th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 239 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 865,057. In The United States Colony is most common in: Washington, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States Colony exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Colony Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Colony has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Colony last name expanded 291 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Colony Last Name Statistics demography
Colony earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.05% more than the national average, earning $63,449 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Colony Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Colony in the Hindi language | ||
| कालोनी | kaloni | - |
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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 Colony
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