The Collin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,959 people carried this name — #10,779 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,949).
What the name means
The meaning of the Collin surname
A common surname originating as a patronymic.
Variant of Colin, from the given name Nicolas.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Collin» (French), 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 9,993 people named Collin.
152 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 3,112 people named Collin 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
121 people named Collin live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 60 people named Collin 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 Río Negro.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
1,918 people named Collin are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Collin in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 145,880 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Collin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Collin 1626–1698 · geographer -
Richard Collin 1626–1697 · geographer
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Richard Collin 1627–1698 · geographer
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Richard Collin 1627–1697 · geographer
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Philippe-Victor Collin d. 1885 · physician
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Elsie Maude Collin d. 1963
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Collin.
- Colletti 2,710 · U.S. census
- Colley 8,887 · U.S. census
- Colli 552 · U.S. census
- Collias 196 · U.S. census
- Collier 56,380 · U.S. census
- Collignon 493 · U.S. census
- Colling 1,042 · U.S. census
- Collins 329,770 · U.S. census
- Collon 167 · U.S. census
- Collura 1,557 · U.S. census
- Colly 148 · U.S. census
- Colman 3,916 · U.S. census
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