How common is the surname Colston?

4,363 people in the United States had the surname Colston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,765 Americans. It ranked 7,617th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Colston?

Marques Colston, American football player.

Where is the surname Colston most common?

Wikidata records people named Colston in the United States.

Is the surname Colston getting more or less common?

More common. 4,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,363 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Colston

An English place surname, carried by 4,363 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colston is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Colston is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,363 people named Colston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,765 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,022.

#7,617

rank among US surnames

4,363

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,623)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,613	Saito	4,367	70,700
#7,614	Kasten	4,366	70,716
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765
#7,618	Snapp	4,360	70,813

Who is named Colston

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

55% of people named Colston identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colstons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marques Colston
American football player, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colston

Colston has the Soundex code C423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C423.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Colston come from?: From the Old Norse personal name Kolr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Colston?: 4,363 people in the United States had the surname Colston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,765 Americans. It ranked 7,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colston?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Colston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Colston?: Marques Colston, American football player.
Where is the surname Colston most common?: Wikidata records people named Colston in the United States.
What type of surname is Colston?: Colston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Colston getting more or less common?: More common. 4,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,363 in 2010, up 8.5%.