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    The surname Collar

    A surname, carried by 1,787 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C460

    Collar: #16,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Collar #16,171, 1,787 people Collar: #16,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Collar #16,171, 1,787 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collar is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,787 people named Collar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,590.

    #16,171
    rank among US surnames
    1,787
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,166Hayek1,788172,676
    #16,171Macario1,787172,773
    #16,179Rickards1,786172,870

    Who is named Collar

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

    86% of people named Collar identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Collar

    Collar has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Collar?
    1,787 people in the United States had the surname Collar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collar?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Collar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Collar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 12%.