Colters Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Colters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Colters Last Name Facts

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

Colters is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Colters.

How Common Is The Last Name Colters? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Colters are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 75 percent are found and Georgia, where 25 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in Jamaica, where 20 percent are found.

Colters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Colters surname declined 56 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coltters9345/
Coulters9317/
Colterst931/
Coltiers930/
Coltherst8812/
Solters8644/
Kolters8611/
Calters864/
Coltars863/
Soulters801/
Coltirst801/
Chalters801/
Coultars800/
Solthers800/
Colthirst75225/
Salters713,666/
Coulthirst7117/
Zulters712/
Kalters711/
Qualters67560/
Zuilters671/
Chaltirs670/
Saltters670/
Calthirst634/

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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 Colters
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