Collen

See also: collen

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Colin.

Proper noun

Collen (plural Collens)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Collen is the 38389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 577 individuals. Collen is most common among White (87.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Collen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Collen

1. Obsolete form of Cologne (city in Germany).
   • 1615, John Stow, Edmund Howes, The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England […], page 72:

     Charlemaygne builded the Bridge in Collen and founded Munster in Germany, and in the yeare 864. the country of Holland began to bee an Earldome, being two yeares after the Bulgarians had receiued the Christian faith.