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 (frequency 1:2,853), 10.7% of Belgium (1:2,197), 10.2% of Canada (1:7,383), 6.7% of the United States (1:110,104), 4.3% of England (1:26,326), 3.0% of Sweden (1:6,653), 2.9% of South Africa (1:37,430), 1.6% of Germany (1:101,299), 1.1% of Malaysia (1:55,995), 1.0% of Australia (1:49,632) and 1.0% of Papua New Guinea (1:17,312).
In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,197) only in one region: Wallonia (1:892).
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,853) in the following regions: Grand Est (1:1,055) Brittany (1:1,360) Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:1,705) Centre-Val de Loire (1:2,101) Île-de-France (1:2,846)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,653) in the following counties: Örebro County (1:3,100) Södermanland County (1:4,363) Gävleborg County (1:4,376) Kronoberg County (1:4,784) Västmanland County (1:5,086) Stockholm County (1:5,419) Dalarna County (1:5,954) Östergötland County (1:5,994)
People Abel Collin (1653–1705), benefactor in Nottingham, England Adam Collin (born 1984), English footballer Albéric Collin (1886–1962), Belgian sculptor Amanda Collin (born 1986), Danish actress Anton Collin (1891–1973), Finnish cross country skier Aurélien Collin (born 1986), French footballer Birgit Collin-Langen (1956–2026), German politician, MEP Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin (1841–1923), French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses, bows Christen Collin (1857–1926), Norwegian literary historian Dieter Collin (1893–1918), German flying ace in World War I Édouard Collin (born 1987), French actor Elsa Collin (1887–1941), Swedish theatre critic, poet and actress Fernand Collin (1897–1990), Belgian businessman Francis Collin (born 1987), English professional footballer Françoise Collin (1928–2012), Belgian novelist, philosopher and feminist Frank Collin (born 1944) formerly served as the leader of the National Socialist Party of America Frederick Collin (1850–1939), New York judge Frédérique Collin (born 1944), Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director George Collin (1905–1989), English footballer George H. Collin (1856–1938), American politician in the state of Washington Hannah Collin (born 1982), English former professional tennis player Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811), Austrian dramatist Hialmar Collin (1891–1987), Danish diplomat Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (1693–1761), French painter Jacques Collin de Plancy (1793–1881), French occultist, demonologist and writer James Edward Collin (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, French musician, film music composer and record producer Marcus Collin (1882–1966), artist from Finland Mary Collin (1860–1955), English teacher and campaigner for women's suffrage Matthäus Casimir von Collin (1779–1824), Austrian poet Maxime Collin (born 1979), Canadian actor and business owner Paul Collin (1843–1915), French poet, writer, translator and librettist Philipp Collin (born 1990), German male former volleyball player Raphaël Collin (1850–1916), French painter and teacher Richard Collin (1626–1698), engraver from Luxembourg Richard H. Collin (1932–2010), American historian and food writer Robbie Collin, 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 (1853–1924), French diplomat, bibliophile, and art collector Xavier Collin (born 1974), French former professional footballer Yvon Collin (born 1944), member of the Senate of France
See also Collin (disambiguation) Colin (surname) Collins (surname)
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