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    The surname Collett

    A patronymic surname, carried by 8,064 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C430

    Collett: #4,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Collett #4,404, 8,064 people Collett: #4,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Collett #4,404, 8,064 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collett is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    Coll + -ett. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

    Collett is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,064 people named Collett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,287 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,768.

    #4,404
    rank among US surnames
    8,064
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,224)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,396Ginn8,08838,173
    #4,397Cromwell8,08738,178
    #4,398McVay8,08638,183
    #4,399Morel8,08538,187
    #4,400Mahaffey8,07938,216
    #4,401Criswell8,07738,225
    #4,402Denning8,07638,230

    Who is named Collett

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

    94% of people named Collett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Colletts

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wayne Collett
      American sprinter (1949–2010)
    • Laura Collett
      British equestrian, born 1989
    • Harry Collett
      British actor, born 2004

    Notable Colletts come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Collett

    Collett has the Soundex code C430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Collett come from?
    Coll + -ett. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.
    How common is the surname Collett?
    8,064 people in the United States had the surname Collett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,287 Americans. It ranked 4,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collett?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Collett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Collett?
    Wayne Collett, American sprinter (1949–2010), followed by Laura Collett.
    Where is the surname Collett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Collett in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Collett?
    Collett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Collett getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,064 in 2010, up 3.8%.
    What are other spellings of Collett?
    Collet and Collette.