# Colling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colling/  
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) | 1,042 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,137 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 296,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | -22.4% (1,342 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cowling |

## Etymology

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colling 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Colunga, Cowling, Collins, Cullins, Colangelo, Collings, Collinsworth, Clinger, Clingan, Collingwood, Collinson, Clancy.

## 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.