Collier

Collier is the 604th most common surname in the United States, shared by 54,282 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 5,506.

By the numbers

People: 54,282
Rank: 604th
How common: 1 in 5,506
Per 100,000: 18.2

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Derived from the name of occupation - collier (“charcoal burner”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Collier described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 64.2%
Black, not Hispanic 26.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Collier

John Collier (1850–1934)British Pre-Raphaelite painter and author
Jacob Collier (born 1994)British musician
Constance Collier (1878–1955)British actress
Napheesa Collier (born 1996)American basketball player
Paul Collier (born 1949)British economist
William Collier Jr. (1902–1987)American actor
Lois Collier (1919–1999)American actress
John Collier (1907–1974)American athlete

People named Collier with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Collier

Also a first name

Collier has been given to 2,174 American babies as a first name since 1898, peaking in 2013. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.