Collin (surname)
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, 10.7% of Belgium, 10.2% of Canada, 6.7% of the United States, 4.3% of England, 3.0% of Sweden, 2.9% of South Africa, 1.6% of Germany, 1.1% of Malaysia, 1.0% of Australia and 1.0% of Papua New Guinea.In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average only in one region: Wallonia.
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
- 1. Grand Est
- 2. Brittany
- 3. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 4. Centre-Val de Loire
- 5. Île-de-France
- 1. Örebro County
- 2. Södermanland County
- 3. Gävleborg County
- 4. Kronoberg County
- 5. Västmanland County
- 6. Stockholm County
- 7. Dalarna County
- 8. Östergötland County
People
- Abel Collin, benefactor in Nottingham, England
- Adam Collin, English footballer
- Albéric Collin, Belgian sculptor
- Amanda Collin, Danish actress
- Anton Collin, Finnish cross country skier
- Aurélien Collin, French footballer
- Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician
- Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses, bows
- Christen Collin, Norwegian literary historian
- Dieter Collin, German flying ace in World War I
- Édouard Collin, French actor
- Elsa Collin, Swedish theatre critic, poet and actress
- Fernand Collin, Belgian businessman
- Francis Collin, English professional footballer
- Frank Collin formerly served as the leader of the National Socialist Party of America
- Frederick Collin, New York judge
- Frédérique Collin, Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director
- George Collin, English footballer
- George H. Collin, American politician in the state of Washington
- Hannah Collin, English former professional tennis player
- Heinrich Joseph von Collin, Austrian dramatist
- Hialmar Collin, Danish diplomat
- Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, French painter
- Jacques Collin de Plancy, French occultist, demonologist and writer
- James Edward Collin, English entomologist
- Jean Christophe Collin, French general of cavalry
- John Collin (disambiguation)
- Joseph Henry Collin, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Kasper Collin, Swedish film director, filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer
- Keith Collin, British diver
- Luc Collin, pen name Batem, Belgian comics artist
- Marc Collin, French musician, film music composer and record producer
- Marcus Collin, artist from Finland
- Mary Collin, English teacher and campaigner for women's suffrage
- Matthäus Casimir von Collin, Austrian poet
- Maxime Collin, Canadian actor and business owner
- Paul Collin, French poet, writer, translator and librettist
- Philipp Collin, German male former volleyball player
- Raphaël Collin, French painter and teacher
- Richard Collin, engraver from Luxembourg
- Richard H. Collin, American historian and food writer
- Robbie Collin, British film critic
- Robert E. Collin, Canadian American electrical engineer and professor
- Rodney Collin, British writer in the area of spiritual development
- Tom Collin, English cricketer
- Victor Collin de Plancy, French diplomat, bibliophile, and art collector
- Xavier Collin, French former professional footballer
- Yvon Collin, member of the Senate of France