Colour Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Colour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Colour (281) may also be a first name.
Colour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colour is found most frequently in Egypt. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colour? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Colour occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Colour reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Colour is also the 528,876th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 281 people.
The last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Outside of Egypt it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 27 percent are found and Iran, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Colour
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