The Colson surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,373 people carried this name — #3,488 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,376 people named Colson.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Meuse.
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 1,918 people named Colson 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.
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
25 people named Colson live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colson.
- Colome 179 · U.S. census
- Colomer 203 · U.S. census
- Colon 55,512 · U.S. census
- Colonel 180 · U.S. census
- Colonna 2,309 · U.S. census
- Colpaert 161 · U.S. census
- Colucci 3,852 · U.S. census
- Colussi 145 · U.S. census
- Coma 232 · U.S. census
- Coman 1,170 · U.S. census
- Comas 1,007 · U.S. census
- Comba 159 · U.S. census
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