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    The surname Collette

    A surname, carried by 4,927 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C430

    Collette: #6,840 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Collette #6,840, 4,927 people Collette: #6,840 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Collette #6,840, 4,927 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collette is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,927 people named Collette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,664 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,836.

    #6,840
    rank among US surnames
    4,927
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #6,475)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,831Aikens4,93662,550
    #6,833Shih4,93562,562
    #6,835Fleury4,93462,575
    #6,836Habib4,93262,600
    #6,837Hallock4,93062,626
    #6,838Fast4,92962,639
    #6,839Takahashi4,92862,651

    Who is named Collette

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

    90% of people named Collette identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Collettes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Collettes come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Collette

    Collette 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 Collette come from?
    Coll + -ette. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.
    How common is the surname Collette?
    4,927 people in the United States had the surname Collette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,664 Americans. It ranked 6,840th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collette?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Collette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Collette?
    Toni Collette, Australian actress and singer (born 1972), followed by Buddy Collette.
    Where is the surname Collette most common?
    Wikidata records people named Collette in Australia and the United States.
    Is the surname Collette getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,927 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Collette?
    Collet and Collett.