The Kollen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 175 people carried this name — #102,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 14% from 204 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Kollen.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
49 people named Kollen is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Kollen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pieter Kollen 1939–2007 · figure skater
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Zyon Kollen 1995– · chess player
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Catherine Kollen 2000– · art director
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kollen.
- Kolakowski 1,370 · U.S. census
- Kolar 4,413 · U.S. census
- Kolasa 855 · U.S. census
- Kolb 11,705 · U.S. census
- Koll 1,282 · U.S. census
- Kollar 3,019 · U.S. census
- Koller 6,792 · U.S. census
- Kolli 697 · U.S. census
- Kollmann 703 · U.S. census
- Kolmer 226 · U.S. census
- Kolodziej 2,265 · U.S. census
- Kolodziejczak 247 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kollen is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.