The Colon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 67,338 people carried this name — #497 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,380 people counted. That is up 21% from 55,512 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Colon surname
Spanish surname, variant of Colón. Also Castilianized form of Colom.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Colon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 614 people named Colon 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 556 people named Colon.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 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 124 people named Colon 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Colon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
Colon in American newspapers,
1901–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 628,778 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Colon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jenny Colon 1808–1842 · actor -
Nancy Leftenant-Colon 1920–2025 · nurse -
Frank Colón 1951– · musician -
Brian Colon 1970– · politician -
David Colon 1973– · historian -
Alex Colon 1941–1995 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 39 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colon.
- Colombel 107 · U.S. census
- Colombi 186 · U.S. census
- Colombini 340 · U.S. census
- Colombo 5,205 · U.S. census
- Colome 264 · U.S. census
- Colomer 254 · U.S. census
- Colonel 174 · U.S. census
- Colonna 2,359 · U.S. census
- Colpaert 188 · U.S. census
- Colson 9,710 · U.S. census
- Colucci 4,031 · U.S. census
- Colussi 170 · U.S. census
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