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Where Does The Last Name Columbus Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Columbus is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Columbus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Columbus? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 80,854^th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,211,159 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Columbus live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. Columbus is also the 66,153^rd most common first name globally, borne by 8,911 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,634 people, or 1 in 137,608. In The United States Columbus is primarily found in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Ecuador, where 6 percent reside.

Columbus Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Columbus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Columbus last name expanded 630 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Columbus Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Columbus surname are 1.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.6% being registered with the political party.

The amount Columbus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,122 per year; in South Africa they earn 61.14% less than the national average, earning R 92,340 per year; in United States they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $43,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $51,812 CAD per year.