# Colston (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colston/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,363 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,617 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (4,022 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Kolr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colston 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colston in the United States.

## People named Colston

- Marques Colston, American football player

## Similar surnames

Clouston, Claxton, Calzada, Celestine, Calixto, Celestin, Colquitt, Chilcote, Calixte, Celestino, Celeste, Claggett.

## 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.