Collin is a French-language surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 47.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Collin'' were residents of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

(frequency 1:2,853), 10.7% of

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

(1:2,197), 10.2% of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(1:7,383), 6.7% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:110,104), 4.3% of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

(1:26,326), 3.0% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(1:6,653), 2.9% of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

(1:37,430), 1.6% of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

(1:101,299), 1.1% of

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

(1:55,995), 1.0% of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

(1:49,632) and 1.0% of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

(1:17,312). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,197) only in one region:

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

(1:892). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,853) in the following regions: * 1.

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...

(1:1,055) * 2.

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

(1:1,360) * 3.

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

(1:1,705) * 4.

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

(1:2,101) * 5.

Île-de-France , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +01:00 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 , blank_name_sec1 = Gross regional product , blank_info_sec1 = Ranked 1st , bla ...

(1:2,846) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,653) in the following counties: * 1.

Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly n ...

(1:3,100) * 2.

Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or '' län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is t ...

(1:4,363) * 3.

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle. Provinces Gävleborg Cou ...

(1:4,376) * 4.

Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; sv, Kronobergs län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is ...

(1:4,784) * 5.

Västmanland County Västmanland County ( sv, Västmanlands län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala. The county also has a stretch of shoreline towards Mälaren (Sweden's ...

(1:5,086) * 6.

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

(1:5,419) * 7.

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...

(1:5,954) * 8.

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or ''län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the n ...

(1:5,994)

People

* Abel Collin (1653–1705), benefactor in Nottingham, England *

Adam Collin Adam James Collin (born 9 December 1984) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Early career Born in Penrith, Cumbria, Collin started his career as a professional footballer with Newcastle United as a youngster. H ...

(born 1984), English footballer * Albéric Collin (1886–1962), Belgian sculptor * Anton Collin (1891–1973), Finnish cross country skier *

Aurélien Collin Aurélien Collin (; born 8 March 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his career playing in Major League Soccer. He is currently an assistant coach with Major League Soccer side H ...

(born 1986), French footballer * Birgit Collin-Langen (born 1956), German politician *

Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin (1841–1923) was a French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows. He was an Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts and won gold and silver medals at the Paris Exhibitions in 1878, 1889, and 1900. He w ...

(1841–1923), French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses, bows *

Christen Collin Christen Christian Dreyer Collin (21 November 1857 – 1 April 1926) was a Norwegian literary historian. He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Georg Fredrik Collin (died 1867) and Marie Fredrikke Dreyer (1833–1901). When his father died at the ...

(1857–1926), Norwegian literary historian *

Dieter Collin Leutnant Dieter Collin (17 February 1893—13 August 1918) IC was a World War I German flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Th ...

(1893–1918), German flying ace in World War I *

Édouard Collin Édouard Collin (born 28 February 1987) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as fi ...

(born 1987), French actor * Elsa Collin (1887–1941), Swedish theatre critic, poet and actress *

Fernand Collin Fernand Collin ( Antwerp, 18 December 1897 – 11 December 1990), was a Belgian businessman. He was president of the Kredietbank from 1938 to 1973 and was also a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. At the start of World War II, Fernand ...

(1897–1990), Belgian businessman * Francis Collin (born 1987), English professional footballer *

Frank Collin Francis Joseph Collin (born November 3, 1944) is an American former political activist and Midwest coordinator with the American Nazi Party, later known as the National Socialist White People's Party. After being ousted for being partly Jewish (w ...

(born 1944) formerly served as the leader of the

National Socialist Party of America The National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) was a Chicago-based organization founded in 1970 by Frank Collin shortly after he left the National Socialist White People's Party. The NSWPP had been the American Nazi Party until shortly after the ...

* Frederick Collin (1850–1939), New York judge * Frédérique Collin (born 1944), Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director *

George Collin George Collin (13 September 1905 – 1 February 1989) was an English Association football, footballer who played at Defender (association football), left-back. He played for Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bournemouth & Boscombe At ...

(1905–1989), English footballer * George H. Collin (1856–1938), American politician in the state of Washington * Gustav Collin (1890–1966), Swedish swimmer *

Hannah Collin Hannah Collin (born 18 February 1982) is an English former professional tennis player. Collin competed at her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on three consecutive occasions from 2000 to 2002 and also for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone ...

(born 1982), English former professional tennis player *

Heinrich Joseph von Collin Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811), Austrian dramatist, was born in Vienna, on 26 December 1771. He received a legal education and entered the Austrian ministry of finance where he found speedy promotion. In 1805 and in 1809, when Austria wa ...

(1771–1811), Austrian dramatist *

Hialmar Collin Hialmar Collin (1891–1987) was a Danish people, Danish diplomat who served as the minister plenipotentiary of Denmark to the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. Although he was initially accredited to the Kuomintang, Nationalist g ...

(1891–1987), Danish diplomat *

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (19 January 1693, Versailles – 16 February 1761, Paris) was a French painter. Collin de Vermont was a pupil of Jouvenet and of Rigaud.Hyacinthe Rigaud was his godfather, and it was from him that he got his first ...

(1693–1761), French painter *

Jacques Collin de Plancy Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy (28 January 1793 in Plancy-l'Abbaye – 1881 in Paris) was a French occultist, demonologist and writer. He published several works on occultism and demonology. Biography He was born Jacques Albin Simon Colli ...

(1793–1881), French occultist, demonologist and writer *

James Edward Collin James Edward Collin (16 March 1876, Kirtling – 16 September 1968) was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He was the author of ''Empididae''. ''British Flies'', Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge (1961). This was the third v ...

(1876–1968), English entomologist * Jean Christophe Collin (1754–1806), French general of cavalry * John Collin (disambiguation) * Joseph Henry Collin (1893–1918), English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Kasper Collin (born 1972), Swedish film director, filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer * Keith Collin (1937–1991), British diver * Luc Collin, pen name Batem (born 1960), Belgian comics artist *

Marc Collin Marc Collin is a French musician, film music composer and record producer. He is best known as the founder, with Olivier Libaux, of the project Nouvelle Vague, a cover band that covers new wave songs in a bossa nova style. Collin also released ...

, French musician, film music composer and record producer * Marcus Collin (1882–1966), artist from Finland *

Mary Collin Mary Collin (1 April 1860 – 22 July 1955) was an English teacher and campaigner for women's suffrage during the early part of the 20th century. Collin was the Chair of the Cardiff and District Women's Suffrage Society. Life Mary Collin was ...

(1860–1955), English teacher and campaigner for women's suffrage * Matthäus Casimir von Collin (1779–1824), Austrian poet *

Maxime Collin Maxime Collin (born December 6, 1979) is a Canadian actor and business owner best known for playing the title character in the 1992 film ''Léolo ''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming of age film, coming of age-fantasy film by director Jean-Claud ...

(born 1979), Canadian actor and business owner *

Paul Collin Paul Collin (12 July 1843 – 5 February 1915) was a French poet, writer, translator and librettist. Life and career Collin was born in Conches-en-Ouche. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, his family produced administrative officers in the mili ...

(1843–1915), French poet, writer, translator and librettist * Philipp Collin (born 1990), German male former volleyball player *

Raphaël Collin Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (17 June 1850 – 21 October 1916) was a French painter born and raised in Paris, where he became a prominent academic painter and a teacher. He is principally known for the links he created between French and Japa ...

(1850–1916), French painter and teacher *

Richard Collin Richard Collin (1626, Luxembourg – 1698, Brussels), was an engraver from Luxembourg. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of Joachim von Sandrart in Rome, and became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1650–1651.

(1626–1698), engraver from Luxembourg * Richard H. Collin (1932–2010), American historian and food writer *

Robbie Collin Robbie Collin is a British film critic. Collin studied aesthetics and the philosophy of film at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He edited the university's student newspaper, '' The Saint''. Collin has been the chief film critic at ''The D ...

, British film critic * Robert E. Collin (1928–2010), Canadian American electrical engineer and professor * Rodney Collin (1909–1956), British writer in the area of spiritual development * Tom Collin (1911–2003), English cricketer *

Victor Collin de Plancy Victor Émile Marie Joseph Collin de Plancy (1853–1924) was a French diplomat, bibliophile and art collector. He was a career French diplomat who served most of his working life in Korea and whose private collection of Far Eastern art and antiq ...

(1853–1924), French diplomat, bibliophile, and art collector * Xavier Collin (born 1974), French former professional footballer *

Yvon Collin Yvon Collin (born 10 April 1944 in Montauban) is a former member of the Senate of France who served from 1988 to 2020. He represented the Tarn-et-Garonne department, and is a member of the Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the L ...

(born 1944), member of the Senate of France

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