Collar is used as a family name or surname in Old Norse. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Collar
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Old Norse
Meaning: Kollr, Kulli, Koli are the names of several Northmen in the Landnamabok, which is believed to be from Old Norse kolir, a helmet. Collar can also be a corruption of Collard, son of Coll.

How popular is Collar?

Collar is common in United States.

Collar is ranked 81727 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Collars grew by 12.38994 per cent to 1787 since 2000 and ranked 16171 after elevating 438 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.07 90.31
Hispanic or Latino 8.79 4.84
Black 3.64 2.96
Others 1.06 1.45
Collar is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Paraguay is ahead in terms of density. Around 5355 people have been found who wears Collar as their family name. Collar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,219,338 India3
184,212 France3
20,595 China2
40,064 Nigeria2
82,478 South Africa2
31,584 Peru1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
30,360 Thailand1
66,560 Philippines1
2,877 Cuba1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
34,581 Chile1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
14,373 Jordan1
12,270 Lebanon1
7,314 Bolivia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
91,024 Belgium1
5,872 Namibia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,159 Australia30
15,050 Singapore18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with hundreds of Collar:
4,981 Spain875
8,583 Argentina627
23,792 Brazil525
1,332 Paraguay454
14,737 England393
19,046 Mexico183
13,194 Malaysia126
30,049 Canada112
Countries with thousands of Collar:
16,778 United States1,969
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old workman Jno. Collar who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on February 2, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Anna Collar (18) Maid, are other Collar that migrated to US.

Collar Namesakes

  • Andrée Collard, Author
  • Andrée Collard, Author
  • Cyril Collard, Australian Rules Football Player
  • Emmanuel Collard, Racing driver
  • Blaize Collard, Musical Artist
  • Andrea Collarini, Tennis player
  • Emmanuel Collard, Racing driver
  • Clay Collard, Mixed Martial Artist
  • Emmanuel Collard, Racing driver
  • Cyril Collard, Author

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