Collins Family History
Collins Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coileáin and
Mac Coileáin (see Cullen 1).English: patronymic
from the Middle English personal name Col(l)in, a pet form of
Coll, itself a short form of Nicholas.Americanized
form of French Colin.
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Name Distribution of Collins Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Collins families
 1,964 - 3,925  655 - 1,963 |
 1 - 654  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Collins families
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4,266 - 8,530 1,423 - 4,265 |
1 - 1,422 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Collins families
|
609 - 1,216 204 - 608 |
1 - 203 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Collins Family Origin
Collins Immigration Information
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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