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 51
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 123
Devon 23
Dorset 123
Durham 6
Essex 191
Gloucestershire 32
Hampshire 472
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 5
Kent 61
Lancashire 59
Leicestershire 101
Lincolnshire 4
London 624
Middlesex 46
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 84
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 44
Somerset 39
Surrey 118
Sussex 60
Staffordshire 115
Warwickshire 57
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 13
Worcestershire 34
Yorkshire 113

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 5
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 18
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Collis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Collis family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 491
Agricultural Labourer 112
Labourer 45
Domestic Servant 42
Servant 28
General Servant 22
Carpenter 21
Laundress 17
Wife 12
Dress Maker 11
No Occupation 11
Blacksmith 10
House Keeper 10
Milliner 10
Farm Labourer 10
Gardener 10
Shepherd 10
Annuitant 9
Errand Boy 9
Frame Work Knitter 9
Coal Miner 8
Bricklayer 8
Carter 7
Coachman 7
Charwoman 7

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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