How common is the surname Colburn?

10,005 people in the United States had the surname Colburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. It ranked 3,564th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Colburn?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Colburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Colburn?

Zerah Colburn, American mental calculator (1804–1840).

Where is the surname Colburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Colburn in the United States.

Is the surname Colburn getting more or less common?

More common. 9,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,005 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Colburn

An English place surname, carried by 10,005 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). Colburn is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

Colburn 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 10,005 people named Colburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,871.

#3,564

rank among US surnames

10,005

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,325)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,555	Faber	10,039	30,755
#3,556	Layman	10,038	30,758
#3,557	Calvillo	10,032	30,776
#3,558	Sanborn	10,025	30,798
#3,559	Harter	10,020	30,813
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819
#3,561	Mauldin	10,011	30,841

Who is named Colburn

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

92% of people named Colburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colburns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zerah Colburn
American mental calculator (1804–1840)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colburn

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Colburn come from?: From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).
How common is the surname Colburn?: 10,005 people in the United States had the surname Colburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. It ranked 3,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colburn?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Colburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Colburn?: Zerah Colburn, American mental calculator (1804–1840).
Where is the surname Colburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Colburn in the United States.
What type of surname is Colburn?: Colburn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Colburn getting more or less common?: More common. 9,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,005 in 2010, up 1.4%.