How common is the last name Collins?

317,373 people in the United States have the last name Collins, about 1 in 942. It ranks #60 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COLLINS

#60

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
317,373
About
1 in 942
This common or more
13.3%
Who bears it

Of the 317,373 people with the last name Collins, 68.8% reported their origin as White, 22% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Collins

#58 Parker · 323,880#59 Edwards · 320,927#61 Stewart · 311,429#62 Morales · 310,866

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Collins, most common first.

#9,986 Collings · 3,084#14,939 Cowling · 1,901#15,694 Colling · 1,792#26,440 Collinson · 972#37,126 Collums · 646#42,381 Cooling · 551#52,580 Collinge · 426#79,808 Collens · 257

Also a first name

As a first name, Collins ranks #3,169 of 53,615, with 6,872 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2023, with 1,334 births. See Collins as a first name

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