# Collin (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,959 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,779 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,341 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (2,949 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Colin, Collen |

## Etymology

Coll + -in. A spelling variant of Colin. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, a diminutive of Nicholas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Collin 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Collin in the Austrian Empire and Belgium.

## People named Collin

- Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austrian poet, playwright and writer (1771–1811)
- Françoise Collin, Belgian philosopher (1928–2012)

## Similar surnames

Colon, Cline, Coughlin, Colin, Colonna, Colina, Collum, Callihan, Callahan, Calhoun, Cullen, Clem.

## 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.