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The surname Colgrove

A surname, carried by 1,063 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C426

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colgrove is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,063 people named Colgrove in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,054.

#23,785
rank among US surnames
1,063
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.9%
change since 2000 (was #22,745)

Who is named Colgrove

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

93% of people named Colgrove identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colgrove

Colgrove has the Soundex code C426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C426.

Questions

How common is the surname Colgrove?
1,063 people in the United States had the surname Colgrove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colgrove?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Colgrove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Colgrove getting more or less common?
More common. 1,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, up 0.9%.