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The COLLIS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,013 9882 0.001 11
United States (1880 census) 529 9239 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +2484 -643 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 1,166 1415 0.007 71
United Kingdom 3,664 1698 0.008 80
Top States for COLLIS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 288 3282 0.004 35
Florida 220 8883 0.001 14
New York 204 9789 0.001 11
California 180 14287 0.001 5
Michigan 162 8035 0.002 16
Top States for COLLIS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 121 2095 0.007 67
Georgia 288 3282 0.004 35
Indiana 126 6194 0.002 21
Michigan 162 8035 0.002 16
Tennessee 86 6782 0.002 15

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

Classification and Origin of COLLIS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the COLLIS 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 COLLIS 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 COLLIS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 193 6.41
White (Hispanic) 51 1.69
Mixed Race 33 1.1
Asian/Pacific 9 0.3
Native American/Alaskan 9 0.3
White (Caucasian) 2,718 90.21

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

Meaning of COLLIS in historical publications

COLLIN. COLLINS. COLLIS. Colin is one of the diminutives of Nicholas, and Collins may be its genitive, and CoUis a corruption thereof. There are, however, other assigned etymons, as Fr. colli rn;, a hill, and Gael, cuilcin, a term of endearment. But Collinc is also an ancient baptismal name, which existed before the comiilation of Domesday. According to B.L.G. the Collinses of Walford existed, CO iwrnine, in the time of the Conqueror, in cos. Hereford and Salop.

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 COLLIS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as COLLIS.

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 COLLIS

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