Colling is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Colling
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The family name is the variant form of Colin. In Scotland probably different from the English Collins. Gaelic etymologists derive it from cailean or coilean, "the man of the wood," or forester. It is still in use as a Christian name.

Family name Colling is the variant of Collins. Son of little Cole, a pet form of Nicholas meaning "people, victory".

The lastname is form of Collen. See Collin and Colin - Colin is one of the diminutives of Nicholas, and Collins may be its genitive, and Collis a corruption thereof. There are, however, other assigned etymons, as French colline, a hill, and Gael. cuilein, a term of endearment. But Collinc is also an ancient baptismal name, which existed before the compilation of Domesday. As per the Scholars the Collinses of Walford existed, eo nomine, in the time of the Conqueror, in counties Hereford and Salop.

Colling is the variant form of Collin. Colin is one of the diminutives of Nicholas, and Collins may be its genitive, and Collis a corruption thereof. There are, however, other assigned etymons, as French colline, a hill, and Gael. cuilein, a term of endearment. But Collinc is also an ancient baptismal name, which existed before the compilation of Domesday. As per the Scholars the Collinses of Walford existed, eo nomine, in the time of the Conqueror, in counties Hereford and Salop.

See under Collin - Colin is one of the diminutives of Nicholas, and Collins may be its genitive, and Collis a corruption thereof. There are, however, other assigned etymons, as French colline, a hill, and Gael. cuilein, a term of endearment. But Collinc is also an ancient baptismal name, which existed before the compilation of Domesday. As per the Scholars the Collinses of Walford existed, eo nomine, in the time of the Conqueror, in counties Hereford and Salop.

How popular is Colling?

Colling is common in United States, England, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, Canada, South Africa, Luxembourg, Belgium, Indonesia, Sweden, New Zealand.

Colling is ranked 68098 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Collings plummeted by 22.35 per cent to 1042 since 2000 and slipped by 5290 spots and ranked at 24137. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.67 93.07
Black 2.69 3.87
Hispanic or Latino 1.54 0
Others 1.06 1.04
Colling is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 7296 people have been found who wears Colling as their family name. Colling is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Colling:
19,777 United States1,802
6,297 England1,094
Countries with hundreds of Colling:
8,649 Brazil958
17,738 Germany546
6,242 Australia539
22,692 France453
9,439 Canada433
17,479 South Africa350
205 Luxembourg310
10,595 Belgium174
63,356 Indonesia158
6,109 Sweden119
7,402 New Zealand101
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,223 Wales43
7,171 Ireland29
21,594 Norway28
11,507 Scotland24
62,169 Netherlands19
34,678 Switzerland17
28,556 Denmark13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
60,754 Tanzania9
4,135 Nicaragua9
53,861 Mexico6
553,295 Thailand6
249,062 Philippines6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old immigrant Jno. Colling who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 5, 1849 by Ward Chipman put out from Liverpool. Immigrant Johanna Colling, Immigrant Cathe. Colling, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Farmer Jean Colling from Prussia aboard the Irene from Havre. He is registered to be 34 years old when he arrived in New York on August 29, 1853. Catherine Colling (27) Farmer, Farmer Johann Colling, Georg Colling, 54 years old Alois Colling, Angelika Colling (4), Anna Colling, aged 6, Charles Colling, aged 43, 5 years old Emil Colling, Regina Colling (50) Sugar maker, and 38 other Colling around 34.78% of whom were farmer while others worked as sugar maker and farmer and mechanic, laborer migrated to US.

Colling Namesakes

  • Robert Colling, were English stock breeders
  • Belinda Colling, former New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative
  • Gary Colling, former Australian rules footballer

Colling Namesakes

  • Robert Colling, were English stock breeders
  • Belinda Colling, former New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative
  • Gary Colling, former Australian rules footballer

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