# Collette (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/collette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,927 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,840 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,664 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (4,836 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Collet, Collett |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Collette in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Collette in Australia and the United States.

## People named Collette

- Toni Collette, Australian actress and singer (born 1972)
- Buddy Collette, American jazz musician (1921–2010)

## Similar surnames

Collett, Colletti, Coletti, Coletta, Colt, Cloud, Collado, Claudio, Child, Clyde, Cloyd, Clute.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.