How common is the surname Collin?

2,959 people in the United States had the surname Collin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,341 Americans. It ranked 10,779th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Collin?

Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austrian poet, playwright and writer (1771–1811), followed by Françoise Collin.

Where is the surname Collin most common?

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

Is the surname Collin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,959 in 2010, up 0.3%.

Is Collin also a first name?

Yes. Collin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Collin

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,959 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collin is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

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

Collin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,959 people named Collin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,341 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,949.

#10,779

rank among US surnames

2,959

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,772	Baranowski	2,961	104,271
#10,777	Petrosky	2,960	104,306
#10,779	Collin	2,959	104,341
#10,782	Lama	2,958	104,376
#10,787	Sergent	2,957	104,412

Who is named Collin

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

77% of people named Collin identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Collins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Collins come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Colin
Collen

Surnames that sound like Collin

Collin has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

Questions

Where does the surname Collin come from?: Coll + -in. A spelling variant of Colin. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, a diminutive of Nicholas.
How common is the surname Collin?: 2,959 people in the United States had the surname Collin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,341 Americans. It ranked 10,779th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Collin?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Collin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Collin?: Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austrian poet, playwright and writer (1771–1811), followed by Françoise Collin.
Where is the surname Collin most common?: Wikidata records people named Collin in the Austrian Empire and Belgium.
What type of surname is Collin?: Collin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Collin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,959 in 2010, up 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Collin?: Colin and Collen.
Is Collin also a first name?: Yes. Collin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.