Columb Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Columb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Columb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:2,132,111135,040
New Zealand901:50,3158,125
Ireland791:59,6074,006
England441:1,266,32057,817
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Wales41:773,63329,106
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland491:90,4056,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Columb (83) may also be a first name.

Columb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Columb occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Columb? popularity and diffusion

The last name Columb is the 636,210th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Columb are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Columb is also the 1,052,971st most common forename throughout the world, borne by 83 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 2,132,111. In The United States Columb is primarily concentrated in: Vermont, where 15 percent live, New Hampshire, where 11 percent live and Connecticut, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 24 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 19 percent live and Ireland, where 16 percent live.

Columb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Columb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Columb surname rose 586 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 161 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it rose 880 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Columb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Columb are 25.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.79% registered to vote for the political party.

Columb earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.84% more than the national average, earning $44,376 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Collumb9281/
Columbs922/
Coulumb921/
Collumbs860/
Colomb835,965/
Kolumb8315/
Qolumb833/
Solumb831/
Colunb830/
Collomb774,922/
Coulomb772,995/
Coolomb770/
Collimb770/
Coullomb71160/
Kalumb67227/
Kolumbova6760/
Kulumb6741/
Colomp6739/
Kolomb6717/
Calomb676/
Calimb675/
Kolimb672/
Colimp672/
Kolumbová671/
Culomb671/

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Columb Reference & Research

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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 Columb
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis