The collins Surname

collins Name Meaning and History

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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collins Family Facts

Distribution of collins Families in the US in 1920

Number of collins families

1964-3925

655-1963

1-654

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Thread	Author	Replies
COLLINS Susie Ann 1940 1989	t42FlowerM_DenCoTX	0
COLLINS Susie Ann 1940 1989	t42FlowerM_DenCoTX	0
Jeremiah T. and Mary J. (Connors) Collins, Ireland to Massachusetts	pulleywhistle	0
Leamington Priors, Warwick ?	Les_Hewett	0
VA/WV/OH	MARG	28
Ethel Maude COLLINS' Bible	Barbara Munson	2
Collins of County Cork Ireland, near Skibbereen	WalshBarb	2
Arvid Collins/Eliza Mullins	TracieCrawford2001	0
Arvid Collins/Eliza Mullins	TracieCrawford2001	0
Jessie Collins	Jer911	0

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