How common is the surname Collier?

56,380 people in the United States had the surname Collier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,476 Americans. It ranked 599th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Collier?

Napheesa Collier, American basketball player (born 1996), followed by Constance Collier.

Where is the surname Collier most common?

Wikidata records people named Collier in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Is the surname Collier getting more or less common?

More common. 54,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Collier

An occupational surname, carried by 56,380 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collier is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).

Collier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 56,380 people named Collier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,476 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,414.

#599

rank among US surnames

56,380

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #556)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#590	Greer	57,043	5,413
#591	Summers	56,953	5,421
#592	Houston	56,900	5,426
#593	Carson	56,872	5,429
#594	Morrow	56,840	5,432
#595	Clayton	56,638	5,451
#596	Whitaker	56,616	5,453

Who is named Collier

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

67% of people named Collier identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colliers

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Napheesa Collier
American basketball player (born 1996)
Constance Collier
British actress (1878-1955)
Paul Collier
British economist, born 1949
William Collier Jr.
American actor (1902–1987)
Lois Collier
American actress (1919-1999)
John Collier
American athlete (1907–1974)
Don Collier
American actor (1928–2021)
Jason Collier
American basketball player (1977–2005)
Elisha Collier
American inventor of the flintlock revolver, 1788–1856
Henry W. Collier
American politician (1801-1855)
Marie Collier
Australian opera soprano (1927-1971)
William Collier Sr.
American actor, screenwriter and director (1864-1944)

Notable Colliers come mostly from the United States (12), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Collier

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

Questions

Where does the surname Collier come from?: Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).
How common is the surname Collier?: 56,380 people in the United States had the surname Collier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,476 Americans. It ranked 599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Collier?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Collier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Collier?: Napheesa Collier, American basketball player (born 1996), followed by Constance Collier.
Where is the surname Collier most common?: Wikidata records people named Collier in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Collier?: Collier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Collier getting more or less common?: More common. 54,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,380 in 2010, up 3.6%.