The Col surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 231 people carried this name — #81,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 29% from 179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 744 people named Col.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Col live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Col live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 42 people named Col live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Col,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Col 1822–1900 · painter -
Philippe Col 1956– · association football coach -
Karel Col 1892–1944
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Délia Col 1897–1976 · actor
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Darwin Col 2000– · pornographic film actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Col.
- Cohan 2,480 · U.S. census
- Cohen 89,091 · U.S. census
- Cohn 9,426 · U.S. census
- Coia 526 · U.S. census
- Coin 653 · U.S. census
- Coine 119 · U.S. census
- Cola 1,509 · U.S. census
- Colace 139 · U.S. census
- Colaianni 433 · U.S. census
- Colak 195 · U.S. census
- Colangelo 3,307 · U.S. census
- Colantonio 653 · U.S. census
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