Colrain Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Scotland

Colrain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colrain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia451:599,90442,958
Scotland181:297,43413,849
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Colrain (11) may also be a first name.

Colrain Last Name Facts

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

Colrain is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Colrain.

How Common Is The Last Name Colrain? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,237,939th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Colrain is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Colrain are found; 63 percent are found in Australasia and 63 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 11 people.

The last name Colrain is most common in Australia, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 599,904. In Australia it is most common in: Tasmania, where 42 percent live, Queensland, where 36 percent live and Western Australia, where 16 percent live. Beside Australia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Colrain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colrain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Colrain last name grew 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colraine9373/
Collrain930/
Colran920/
Colrein8658/
Colrane865/
Colhran861/
Colrean860/
Culrain860/
Collran860/
Calrain860/
Colrainová821/
Collrine800/
Callrain800/
Kolran771/
Collram7110/
Kolrean712/
Kolrien711/
Calhran710/
Coysilram631/
Calrayane631/
Kalran6291/
Calram621/
Zulran621/
Koileriyan598/
Koyleriyan591/
Callram571/
Kollram571/
Kalrayan533/
Cullroun530/

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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 Colrain
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