Collis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 50
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 18
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 109
Devon 14
Dorset 96
Durham 9
Essex 176
Gloucestershire 28
Hampshire 353
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 28
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 44
Lancashire 70
Leicestershire 61
Lincolnshire 3
London 462
Middlesex 27
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 56
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 81
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 30
Somerset 16
Surrey 71
Sussex 29
Staffordshire 108
Warwickshire 54
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 68
Yorkshire 51

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 15
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Collis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Collis family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 381
Agricultural Labourer 101
Labourer 34
House Servant 23
Dress Maker 22
Servant 21
Carter 15
Laundress 15
Carpenter 13
Gardener 10
Farm Labourer 10
Farmers Son 10
Cook 10
House Keeper 9
Governess 9
Shepherd 9
Bricklayer 8
Coal Miner 8
General Servant 7
Nurse 7
Groom 7
House Maid 7
Iron Moulder 7
Employed In Hose Manufactory 6
Milliner 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Collis

Name Census Frequency
William Collis 1,442
Mary Collis 1,310
John Collis 977
George Collis 951
Elizabeth Collis 910
James Collis 779
Sarah Collis 719
Charles Collis 677
Thomas Collis 543
Henry Collis 432
Eliza Collis 414
Ann Collis 401
Jane Collis 398
Emma Collis 340
Ellen Collis 330
Joseph Collis 327
Frederick Collis 299
Alfred Collis 297
Alice Collis 287
Edward Collis 282
Emily Collis 271
Samuel Collis 265
Annie Collis 252
Arthur Collis 252
Hannah Collis 227

Collis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Collis 100% 22,187
2 Cullis 83% 3,573
3 Colls 83% 3,063
4 Callis 83% 3,056
5 Colles 83% 941
6 Collies 86% 834
7 Colliss 86% 825
8 Collas 83% 800
9 Collius 86% 383
10 Callas 67% 316
11 Colis 83% 311
12 Calls 67% 218
13 Collias 86% 113
14 Culls 67% 113
15 Coullas 71% 110
16 Calles 67% 109
17 Coulls 67% 101

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The surname Collis is the most popular version of all its varients

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