The Coll surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,704 people carried this name — #11,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 108,700 people counted. That is down 10% from 3,005 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,994 people named Coll 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 28 births for the Coll name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “17 in Donegal.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,129 people named Coll.
266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
39 people named Coll live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Coll in American newspapers,
1882–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Coll,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro Coll d. 1595 · composer
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Sir Patrick Coll d. 1917 · lawyer
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John Coll d. 2014 · engineer
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Jordi Coll Costa d. 2010 · Wikimedian
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Llorenç Coll 1700–1655
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Martin Coll 1707–1761
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coll.
- Colette 173 · U.S. census
- Coletti 2,329 · U.S. census
- Coley 15,671 · U.S. census
- Coli 163 · U.S. census
- Colier 101 · U.S. census
- Colin 8,318 · U.S. census
- Colla 520 · U.S. census
- Collado 9,201 · U.S. census
- Collard 4,053 · U.S. census
- Collart 106 · U.S. census
- Collas 152 · U.S. census
- Colle 342 · U.S. census
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