How common is the surname Koller?

6,792 people in the United States had the surname Koller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,457 Americans. It ranked 5,152nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Koller?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Koller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Koller?

Karl Koller, Austrian footballer (1929–2009), followed by Broncia Koller-Pinell.

Where is the surname Koller most common?

Wikidata records people named Koller in Austria and Cisleithania.

Is the surname Koller getting more or less common?

More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,792 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Koller

A surname, carried by 6,792 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koller is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

* As a south German surname, spelling variant of Kohler. * Also as a German surname, from Koller (“horse collar”). * Also as a German surname, from Westphalian/Rhenish dialect of the place name Köln (“Cologne”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,792 people named Koller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,457 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,799.

#5,152

rank among US surnames

6,792

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+17.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,507)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,144	Damato	6,804	45,377
#5,145	Turney	6,803	45,384
#5,146	Tindall	6,802	45,390
#5,147	Pinckney	6,800	45,404
#5,148	Grisham	6,798	45,417
#5,150	Hutcherson	6,795	45,437
#5,151	Woodcock	6,794	45,444

Who is named Koller

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

95% of people named Koller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kollers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Koller
Austrian footballer (1929–2009)
Broncia Koller-Pinell
Austrian painter (1863-1934)
Karl Koller
Austrian ophthalmologist (1857–1944)
Lorenz Koller
Austrian luger, born 1994
Dagmar Koller
Austrian actor and singer, born 1939
Patrick Koller
Austrian freestyle skier, born 1983
Alexander von Koller
Austrian General, Minister of War of Austria-Hungary, Governor of Bohemia (1813-1890)
Hans Koller
Austrian jazz musician (1921-2003)

Notable Kollers come mostly from Austria (7) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Koller

Koller has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

Questions

Where does the surname Koller come from?: * As a south German surname, spelling variant of Kohler. * Also as a German surname, from Koller (“horse collar”). * Also as a German surname, from Westphalian/Rhenish dialect of the place name Köln (“Cologne”).
How common is the surname Koller?: 6,792 people in the United States had the surname Koller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,457 Americans. It ranked 5,152nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koller?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Koller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Koller?: Karl Koller, Austrian footballer (1929–2009), followed by Broncia Koller-Pinell.
Where is the surname Koller most common?: Wikidata records people named Koller in Austria and Cisleithania.
Is the surname Koller getting more or less common?: More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,792 in 2010, up 17%.