Colyn Surname
Approximately 1,955 people bear this surname
Colyn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,194 | 1:45,375 | 5,793 |
| Belgium | 269 | 1:42,738 | 6,990 |
| United States | 191 | 1:1,897,691 | 123,202 |
| Canada | 136 | 1:270,923 | 25,472 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Colyn (896) may also be a first name.
Colyn Demographics
Average Colyn Salary in
United States
$44,073 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Colyn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colyn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Colyn is found most in South Africa. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Colyn click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colyn? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 211,036th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,727,645 people. Colyn occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Colyn reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Colyn is also the 271,411th most common first name on earth, borne by 896 people.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,194 people, or 1 in 45,375. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 38 percent reside, Western Cape, where 33 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Barring South Africa Colyn occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Colyn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Colyn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,388 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 278 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colyn Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Colyn last name are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Colyn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.74% more than the national average, earning R 448,512 per year; in United States they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $44,073 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.16% less than the national average, earning $44,138 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Colyn
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis