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The COLLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 8,707 3742 0.003 32
United States (1880 census) 1,748 3365 0.003 35
Change since 1880 +6959 -377 0 -3
Other Countries
Australia 1,031 1606 0.006 63
United Kingdom 5,549 1127 0.012 121
Top States for COLLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 849 2820 0.004 41
Alabama 745 1036 0.017 168
Ohio 668 2161 0.006 59
Florida 600 3561 0.004 38
Virginia 589 1654 0.008 83
Top States for COLLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 745 1036 0.017 168
Virginia 589 1654 0.008 83
Kentucky 290 2006 0.007 72
Ohio 668 2161 0.006 59
Georgia 441 2322 0.005 54

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called COLLEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called COLLEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called COLLEY in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a COLLEY by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of COLLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the COLLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the COLLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of COLLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 942 10.82
White (Hispanic) 143 1.64
Mixed Race 136 1.56
Native American/Alaskan 71 0.82
Asian/Pacific 34 0.39
White (Caucasian) 7,381 84.77

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the COLLEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of COLLEY in historical publications

(origin: Local) Coll-lle, in Welsh, denotes the place of hazel; Cil-lle, the place on the back or neck of the hill; from cil or col, the back or neck. Coille, Gaelic, a wood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


COLLEY. The original surname of tlie Marquis Wellesley, the Duke of "Wellington, &c., was Avritten Cowley, temp. Hen. VIII.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to COLLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as COLLEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for COLLEY

The following words are slight variants of COLLEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.