How common is the surname Colling?

1,042 people in the United States had the surname Colling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Colling getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 22%.

The surname Colling

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colling is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.

Colling 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 1,042 people named Colling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,342.

#24,137

rank among US surnames

1,042

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-22.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,847)

Who is named Colling

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

94% of people named Colling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cowling

Surnames that sound like Colling

Colling has the Soundex code C452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C452.

Questions

Where does the surname Colling come from?: From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.
How common is the surname Colling?: 1,042 people in the United States had the surname Colling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colling?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Colling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Colling?: Colling is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Colling getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, down 22%.
What are other spellings of Colling?: Cowling.