Find out how popular the last name Collie is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Collie.

Collie, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Collie surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Collie in America

Collie is the 10860th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Collie surname appeared 2,933 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Collie.

We can also compare 2010 data for Collie to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Collie

The surname Collie is of Scottish origin and is believed to have originated in the 16th or 17th century. It likely derives from the Scots word "col" or "coll," which means a young cow or calf, suggesting that the name may have been an occupational surname for a cattle herder or someone who worked with calves.

The earliest known record of the surname Collie dates back to the late 16th century. One of the earliest recorded instances is in the Parish Records of Dumfries, Scotland, where a William Collie is mentioned in 1586. Another early record is from the Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, which mentions a John Collie in 1592.

In the 17th century, the surname Collie appears in various Scottish records, including the Parish Registers of Lanarkshire, where a James Collie is recorded in 1642, and the Parish Registers of Banchory-Ternan, where a Thomas Collie is mentioned in 1674.

One notable individual bearing the surname Collie was David Collie (1711-1765), a Scottish minister and theologian who served as the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1762 until his death.

Another famous Collie was Alexander Collie (1793-1835), a Scottish botanist and surgeon who participated in several explorations in Australia and South Africa. He was responsible for collecting and identifying numerous plant species.

In the 19th century, John Norman Collie (1859-1942) was a Scottish chemist and academic who made significant contributions to the study of ring compounds and held positions at University College London and the University of Cambridge.

Samuel Collie (1835-1905) was a Scottish-born artist and illustrator who worked in Australia and is renowned for his paintings depicting scenes of rural life in colonial Australia.

The surname Collie has also been associated with various place names in Scotland, such as Collie Law, a hill in the Scottish Borders, and Collie Hill, a location in Angus.

While the surname Collie is predominantly Scottish, it has also been found in other parts of the United Kingdom and in countries with Scottish immigration, such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Collie

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Collie.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Collie was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Collie has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Collie was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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