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The Colin surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,583 people carried this name — #5,697 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 17,834 people named Colin.

285 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Vosges.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 285
Vosges 2,256
Finistère 1,533
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1,410
Paris 1,345
Nord 654
Pas-de-Calais 570
Saône-et-Loire 569
Loire-Atlantique 504

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,792 people named Colin 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 558
Namur 381
Liège 274
Walloon Brabant 152
Brussels-Capital 152
Flemish Brabant 83
East Flanders 57
Antwerp 57

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

262 people named Colin live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 76
Neuchâtel 54
Geneva 37
Valais 19
Fribourg 16
Zurich 13
Bern 12
Ticino 11

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Colin in American newspapers,
1841–1961.

Newspaper page from The Amulet carrying the name Colin
The Amulet 1841-02-23
Newspaper page from The Prairie News carrying the name Colin
The Prairie News 1859-05-19
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Colin
New Orleans Republican 1876-10-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 158,681 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Colin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Claude Colin
    Jean-Claude Colin 1790–1875 · Catholic priest
  • Alexandre-Marie Colin
    Alexandre-Marie Colin 1798–1875 · painter
  • Héloïse Colin
    Héloïse Colin 1819–1873 · illustrator
  • Adele-Anais Toudouze
    Adele-Anais Toudouze 1822–1899 · illustrator
  • Gustave Colin
    Gustave Colin 1828–1910 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.

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