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    The surname Colbeck

    An English place surname, carried by 335 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C412

    Colbeck: #60,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Colbeck #60,196, 335 people Colbeck: #60,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Colbeck #60,196, 335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colbeck is more common than 62.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    A topographic or habitational surname, from Old English cald (“cold”) + bæċ (“beck, stream, brook”).

    Colbeck is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 335 people named Colbeck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 921,628 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 319.

    #60,196
    rank among US surnames
    335
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #59,293)

    Who is named Colbeck

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Colbeck identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Colbecks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Colbeck
      British explorer (1871–1930)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Colebeck

    Colbeck has the Soundex code C412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C412.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Colbeck come from?
    A topographic or habitational surname, from Old English cald (“cold”) + bæċ (“beck, stream, brook”).
    How common is the surname Colbeck?
    335 people in the United States had the surname Colbeck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 921,628 Americans. It ranked 60,196th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Colbeck?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Colbeck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Colbeck?
    William Colbeck, British explorer (1871–1930).
    Where is the surname Colbeck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Colbeck in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Colbeck?
    Colbeck is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Colbeck getting more or less common?
    More common. 319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 335 in 2010, up 5.0%.
    What are other spellings of Colbeck?
    Colebeck.