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 6
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 54
Cambridgeshire 33
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 44
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 172
Devon 25
Dorset 79
Durham 6
Essex 267
Gloucestershire 67
Hampshire 430
Herefordshire 17
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 72
Lancashire 184
Leicestershire 72
Lincolnshire 38
London 853
Middlesex 215
Northumberland 19
Norfolk 6
Northamptonshire 50
Nottinghamshire 37
Oxfordshire 67
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 52
Somerset 38
Surrey 228
Sussex 67
Staffordshire 223
Warwickshire 80
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 29
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 131

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 89
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 31
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 1

Collis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Collis family

Profession Census Frequency
School 377
Private Means 38
Farm Labourer 38
General Labourer 29
General Servant (domestic) 21
Domestic Servant 17
None 16
Coal Miner Hewer 15
School Boy 13
Farmer 13
Cook (domestic) 12
No Occupation 12
Student 12
Carman 11
Clerk 11
Dressmaker 11
Labourer 11
Shop Assistant 11
Dress Maker 10
Carter 10
At Home 9
General Servant 9
Housemaid (domestic) 9
Domestic 9
Gardener (domestic) 9

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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