How common is the surname Collings?

3,093 people in the United States had the surname Collings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,821 Americans. It ranked 10,411th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Collings?

Pierre Collings, American screenwriter and cinematographer (1900-1937), followed by David Collings.

Where is the surname Collings most common?

Wikidata records people named Collings in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Collings getting more or less common?

More common. 2,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,093 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Collings

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,093 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). Collings is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

From Colling, diminutive of Cole and Coll, + patronymic suffix -s.

Collings 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 3,093 people named Collings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,821 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,906.

#10,411

rank among US surnames

3,093

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,186)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853
#10,414	Houseman	3,091	99,885

Who is named Collings

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

91% of people named Collings identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Collingss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pierre Collings
American screenwriter and cinematographer (1900-1937)
David Collings
British actor (1940-2020)

Notable Collingss come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Collings

Collings 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 Collings come from?: From Colling, diminutive of Cole and Coll, + patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Collings?: 3,093 people in the United States had the surname Collings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,821 Americans. It ranked 10,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Collings?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Collings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Collings?: Pierre Collings, American screenwriter and cinematographer (1900-1937), followed by David Collings.
Where is the surname Collings most common?: Wikidata records people named Collings in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Collings?: Collings is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Collings getting more or less common?: More common. 2,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,093 in 2010, up 6.4%.