Colquoun Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Colquoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Colquoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colquoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Colquoun is most common in Scotland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colquoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Colquoun occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Colquoun are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Scotland, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,784,606. In Scotland it is most frequent in: Glasgow City, where 100 percent live. Excluding Scotland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Colquoun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Colquoun has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Colquoun last name increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colquhoun | 94 | 8,816 | / |
| Colqukoun | 94 | 1 | / |
| Colquhoune | 89 | 102 | / |
| Colqukoune | 89 | 1 | / |
| Colquhon | 88 | 11 | / |
| Colqhoun | 88 | 7 | / |
| Colquoin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Calquhoun | 82 | 51 | / |
| Colquhoon | 82 | 15 | / |
| Colguhoun | 82 | 7 | / |
| Colquhaun | 82 | 6 | / |
| Colquhuon | 82 | 5 | / |
| Culquhoun | 82 | 4 | / |
| Colquhoum | 82 | 4 | / |
| Solquhoun | 82 | 1 | / |
| Colquhoyn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Colquhohn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Colquhuin | 82 | 0 | / |
| Colquhonn | 82 | 0 | / |
| Colguhoune | 78 | 1 | / |
| Coulquhone | 78 | 1 | / |
| Colquhan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Calquhon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Colquhom | 75 | 0 | / |
| Colguhon | 75 | 0 | / |
| Colcun | 71 | 9 | / |
| Colcon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Calguhoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Colkon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Culquhoum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Colquhaen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Colguan | 67 | 53 | / |
| Colcone | 67 | 42 | / |
| Kolkoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Calkoun | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Colquoun
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