Colling
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the medieval personal name Colling, from Old English Colling or Old Norse Kollungr; or ‘little Coll’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɑɫɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Colling is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- FRFrance
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the medieval personal name Colling, from Old English Colling or Old Norse Kollungr; or ‘little Coll’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Colling is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from ON Kollungr; first attested Collinc 1066 DB (Sa, Db).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, a deriv. of Koli, or from an OE cogn.. Colling, a deriv. of Cola\ see C0LE2. 2. dim. of Coll, a pet form of Nicholas. Vars.: Collinge, Co(w)ling. Pair.: Collings. Vars. (of 1-4): Colman, Coll(e)man, Coulman. (Of i only): Scots: Callum, Cullum.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, The act of colling; hugging or embracing.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Collingb. 1749British farmer
- James Kellaway Collingb. 1816GBLondon architect, watercolour artist and noted book illustrator
- Walter Collingb. 1864LU(1864-1927)
- Émile Collingb. 1899LULuxembourgish doctor and politician (1899-1981)
- Alfred Collingb. 1902FRFrench writer and journalist
- João Cláudio Collingb. 1913BRBrazilian bishop and metropolitan bishop (1913-1992)
- François Collingb. 1940LULuxembourgish politician
- René Collingb. 1950LULuxembourgian basketball player
- Belinda Collingb. 1975NZNew Zealand netball and basketball player
- David Collingb. 1983BEhistorian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,694 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #18,847 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,137 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1K | #8,934 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 191 | #8,798 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 157 | #5,045 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 76 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 59 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 51 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Colling mean, and where does it come from?
- from the medieval personal name Colling, from Old English Colling or Old Norse Kollungr; or ‘little Coll’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Colling?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑɫɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Colling have the most bearers?
- Colling is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Colling”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.