Collet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Collet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Presumably a hypocoristic of Nicolas, formed by apheresis. The rapprochement with collar (the two main sense) is however not excluded, but seems rare. It is in Brittany (22) the name is the most common, but is found in many other regions. Alternative: Colet (88).

How popular is Collet?

Collet is common in France.

Collet is ranked 15487 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Collet bearers increased by 2.210526 per cent in 2010 US census to 971 since 2000, the surname slipped by 817 spots and ranked at 25459. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.39 87.16
Hispanic or Latino 11.74 9.26
Others 2.47 1.47
Black 1.75 0.84
Collet is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies that it is originated from France. Around 33956 people have been found who wears Collet as their family name. Collet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
615,517 Russia6
8,438 China5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
381,097 Ukraine4
35,184 Poland3
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,126 Colombia3
3,340 Jamaica3
1,143 French Polynesia2
20,186 Kenya2
18,035 Egypt2
5,217 Zambia2
89,020 Tanzania2
14,521 Portugal2
1,848 Madagascar2
147,165 Czech Republic2
34,572 Israel2
1,169 New Caledonia2
34,681 Norway2
53,033 Nigeria1
18,969 Wales1
880 Djibouti1
2,505 Congo1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
37,493 Austria1
6,033 Benin1
31,584 Peru1
15,705 Cameroon1
7,292 Vietnam1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
4,942 Libya1
2,309 Monaco1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,214 Niger1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
20,172 Hungary1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
4,171 Rwanda1
971 Seychelles1
36,678 Singapore1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,447 Uganda1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
26,164 Sweden36
15,412 Denmark34
308,954 India34
12,692 Scotland33
21,901 Chile27
11,387 Ireland22
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
478 Luxembourg99
19,607 Greece98
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Collet:
864 Switzerland990
10,195 Canada387
4,654 Venezuela376
15,141 Argentina358
8,855 Netherlands319
11,841 Spain301
18,862 England285
21,535 South Africa274
775 Mauritius274
17,962 Morocco268
38,007 Italy224
13,930 Australia195
21,011 Mexico157
Countries with thousands of Collet:
564 Belgium2,041
7,448 Brazil1,876
5,130 Germany1,782
23,918 United States1,297
Countries with ten thousands of Collet:
164 France22,006
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant John Collet and immigrant Elizabeth Collet from Great Britain aboard the Polander from London during the Irish famine. John is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in USA on August 22, 1849.

Comments

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Ana Ducan
 This is the name of a locality of the department of Lozère, indicates family origin the etymology of the name comes from the Latin meaning colla: the hill.

Collet Namesakes

  • Robert Collet, Horse trainer
  • Johan Collett Falsen, Politician
  • Annabella Colletti, Set decorator
  • Annelise Collette, Actress
  • Toni Collette, Actress
  • Frédéric Justin Collet, Doctor
  • Solenn Colléter, Novelist
  • Anthony Collett, Author
  • Cédric Collet, Soccer midfielder
  • Bernt Johan Collet, Politician
  • Emmanuel Collet, from 2013 sci-fi movie Heroes of the Dark: Intrusion, who portrayed the Alex Gallier.
  • Vincent Collet characterized leading character of Portier in 2007 0 film Control X.

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