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    The surname Collis

    A patronymic surname, carried by 3,178 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collis is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Collins, from the given name Colin.

    Collis 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 3,178 people named Collis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,013.

    #10,150
    rank among US surnames
    3,178
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,882)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120
    #10,150Bailes3,17897,151
    #10,155Oshiro3,17797,181
    #10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212

    Who is named Collis

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

    89% of people named Collis identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Collis

    Collis has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Collis come from?
    Variant of Collins, from the given name Colin.
    How common is the surname Collis?
    3,178 people in the United States had the surname Collis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. It ranked 10,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collis?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Collis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Collis?
    Collis is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Collis getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,178 in 2010, up 5.5%.