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The Collen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 577 people carried this name — #38,389 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 592 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Collen surname

Coll + -en. Variant of Colin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Collen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Collen.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Côtes-d’Armor 60
Seine-Maritime 54
Rhône 7
Paris 6
Ardennes 5
Eure 5
Vendée 5
Var 3

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 52 people named Collen 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 Limburg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Limburg 28
Antwerp 12
Flemish Brabant 6
East Flanders 6

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

In the Nordic population registers

186 people named Collen is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 186

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Collen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Collen
    Henry Collen 1797–1879 · photographer
  • Henry Collen
    Henry Collen 1797–1879 · photographer
  • Edwin Collen 1843–1911 · military officer
  • Morris F. Collen 1913–2014
  • Peter Arnold 1922–2009 · painter
  • Désiré Collen 1943– · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Collen.

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