Collings is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Collings
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Collings

How popular is Collings?

Collings is common in South Africa.

Collings is ranked 36416 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Collings bearers increased by 6.434962 per cent in 2010 US census to 3093 since 2000, the surname slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 10411. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.01 93.53
Black 3.56 2.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.68 1.31
Others 1.42 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.94 0.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.41
Collings is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 13573 people have been found who wears Collings as their family name. Collings is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
1,219,338 India3
46,068 Philippines3
90,215 Germany3
40,064 Nigeria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
91,784 Netherlands2
18,718 Thailand2
147,165 Czech Republic2
14,004 Hungary2
19,093 Finland2
50,549 Georgia1
317 Norfolk Island1
897,276 Russia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
810,193 Indonesia1
492,292 Ukraine1
169,904 Brazil1
34,581 Chile1
3,350 Fiji1
2,057 Isle of Man1
14,373 Jordan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,005 The Gambia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
155,398 France49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
26,164 Sweden36
3,075 Cyprus34
8,720 Qatar29
9,692 Ireland27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Collings:
4,632 Canada966
1,271 New Zealand577
1,098 Wales361
3,168 Scotland203
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Collings:
1,709 England4,646
9,840 United States3,718
2,185 Australia1,430
5,450 South Africa1,187
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman John Collings who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on November 6, 1848 by Republic put out from Liverpool. 20 years old Judy Collings, 35 years old Thomas Collings, John Collings (28) Workman, Mary Collings, aged 20, 11 years old Bridet Collings, 20 years old Ellen Collings, 20 years old Mich. Collings, J. Collings, aged 24, and 2 other Collings around 80% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, London and Unknown.

Collings Namesakes

  • Algernon Collings, Cricket Player
  • Benita Collings, Television actress
  • Dahl 'Dulcie' Collings, Film producer
  • Billy Collings, Soccer player
  • Jeannie Collings, Actress
  • David Collings, Actor
  • Dale Collings, Tennis player
  • David Collings, Actor
  • Sibyl Collings Hathaway, Author
  • Ellsworth Collings, Author

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