How common is the surname Collie?

2,933 people in the United States had the surname Collie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Collie?

Mark Collie, American actor and musician.

Where is the surname Collie most common?

Wikidata records people named Collie in the United States.

Is the surname Collie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Collie

A surname, carried by 2,933 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collie is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,933 people named Collie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,895.

#10,860

rank among US surnames

2,933

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,217)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302

Who is named Collie

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

75% of people named Collie identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Collies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Collie
American actor and musician, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Collie

Collie has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Collie?: 2,933 people in the United States had the surname Collie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Collie?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Collie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Collie?: Mark Collie, American actor and musician.
Where is the surname Collie most common?: Wikidata records people named Collie in the United States.
Is the surname Collie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 1.3%.