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 5
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 47
Cambridgeshire 48
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 63
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 148
Devon 12
Dorset 91
Durham 0
Essex 171
Gloucestershire 34
Hampshire 439
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 50
Lancashire 119
Leicestershire 80
Lincolnshire 8
London 723
Middlesex 74
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 47
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 96
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 52
Somerset 46
Surrey 135
Sussex 63
Staffordshire 176
Warwickshire 83
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 17
Yorkshire 129

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 34
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Collis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Collis family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 607
Agricultural Labourer 74
Domestic Servant 41
General Labourer 33
Labourer 32
General Servant 28
Dress Maker 25
Laundress 20
Carpenter 19
Coal Miner 17
Annuitant 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Cook Domestic Servant 11
House Keeper 11
No Occupation 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Shepherd 11
Servant Domestic 9
Bricklayer 7
Charwoman 7
Clerk 7
Draper Assistant 7
General Domestic Servant 7
None 7
Farmers Son 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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