How common is the surname Colborn?

1,076 people in the United States had the surname Colborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Colborn?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Colborn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Colborn?

Theo Colborn, American ecologist (1927–2014).

Where is the surname Colborn most common?

Wikidata records people named Colborn in the United States.

Is the surname Colborn getting more or less common?

More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Colborn

A surname, carried by 1,076 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colborn is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,076 people named Colborn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 978.

#23,587

rank among US surnames

1,076

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #24,061)

Who is named Colborn

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

96% of people named Colborn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colborns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theo Colborn
American ecologist (1927–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colborn

Colborn has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.

Questions

How common is the surname Colborn?: 1,076 people in the United States had the surname Colborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colborn?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Colborn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Colborn?: Theo Colborn, American ecologist (1927–2014).
Where is the surname Colborn most common?: Wikidata records people named Colborn in the United States.
Is the surname Colborn getting more or less common?: More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 10%.