Colter Surname
Approximately 5,034 people bear this surname
Colter Surname Definition:
(English) Colt-Herd [Old English colt + the agential suff. -ere]
Colter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,340 | 1:83,516 | 9,462 |
| Canada | 444 | 1:82,986 | 9,238 |
| France | 64 | 1:1,037,855 | 114,367 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 58 | 1:76,377 | 5,461 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 93 | 1:262,101 | 18,696 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,797 | 1:27,946 | 3,429 |
Colter (864) may also be a first name.
Colter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Colt-Herd [Old English colt + the agential suff. -ere]
Ó Coltair Of Ballycolter. IF 305*.
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Ó Coltair Of Ballycolter. IF 305*.
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Colter Demographics
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Colter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colter is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Colter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 94,631st most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,447,665 people. The last name Colter is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Colter reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Colter is also the 276,958th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 864 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,340 people, or 1 in 83,516. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 7 percent are found, South Carolina, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Colter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Colter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Colter surname grew 242 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (64%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Colter last name are 12.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.21% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Colter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 10.93% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,503 per year; in South Africa they earn 92.95% more than the national average, earning R 458,532 per year; in United States they earn 10.34% less than the national average, earning $38,686 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.08% more than the national average, earning $58,168 CAD per year.
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Colter Reference & Research
Coulter DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Coulter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Colter
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