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    The surname Collura

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,557 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C460

    Collura: #17,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Collura #17,951, 1,557 people Collura: #17,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Collura #17,951, 1,557 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collura is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Collura, Italianization of the Sicilian surname Cuḍḍura, from cuḍḍura, from Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,557 people named Collura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,477.

    #17,951
    rank among US surnames
    1,557
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,561)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,942Navarette1,558198,168
    #17,951Tee1,557198,295
    #17,958Allbright1,556198,423

    Who is named Collura

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

    96% of people named Collura identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Collura

    Collura has the Soundex code C460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C460.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Collura come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Collura, Italianization of the Sicilian surname Cuḍḍura, from cuḍḍura, from Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).
    How common is the surname Collura?
    1,557 people in the United States had the surname Collura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. It ranked 17,951st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collura?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Collura identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Collura getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,557 in 2010, up 5.4%.