Popularity of the last name by country

France

• Meuse (78,930)
• Côtes-d'Armor (69,486)
• Marne (59,125)
• Nord (52,266)
• Ille-et-Vilaine (51,902)
• Paris (47,752)
• Ain (35,581)
• Ardennes (30,984)
• Indre (29,306)
• Mayenne (28,752)
• Morbihan (26,613)
• Rhône (25,376)
• Aisne (25,341)
• Calvados (24,851)
• Aube (24,126)
• Savoie (21,816)
• Jura (18,810)
• Sarthe (16,509)
• Isère (15,772)
• Orne (13,583)
• Deux-Sèvres (12,962)
• Haute-Savoie (12,743)
• Meurthe-et-Moselle (12,090)
• Yvelines (11,685)
• Vienne (11,330)
• Pas-de-Calais (10,779)
• Eure (10,544)
• Seine-Maritime (9,242)
• Seine-Saint-Denis (9,234)
• Essonne (9,203)
• Finistère (8,310)
• Loire (8,243)
• Seine-et-Marne (7,283)
• Loiret (6,966)
• Eure-et-Loir (6,892)
• Somme (6,549)
• Loire-Atlantique (5,286)
• Maine-et-Loire (5,281)
• Saône-et-Loire (5,087)
• Val-de-Marne (5,043)
• Yonne (4,725)
• Drôme (4,698)
• Oise (4,690)
• Vaucluse (4,643)
• Haute-Marne (4,595)
• Allier (4,518)
• Indre-et-Loire (4,378)
• Moselle (3,728)
• Hauts-de-Seine (3,454)
• Loir-et-Cher (3,254)
• Gard (3,131)
• Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (3,124)
• Côte-d'Or (3,073)
• Bouches-du-Rhône (2,970)
• Puy-de-Dôme (2,862)
• Alpes-Maritimes (2,806)
• Cher (2,775)
• Vosges (2,684)
• Charente (2,624)
• Haute-Saône (2,595)

All countries

• France (942,503)
• Belgium (42,813)
• United Kingdom (11,164)
• Netherlands (10,288)
• Germany (8,358)
• Switzerland (6,948)
• Canada (5,017)
• Réunion (4,287)
• United States (2,421)
• Algeria (2,013)
• Spain (1,610)
• Mauritius (522)
• Italy (474)
• Norway (468)
• Luxembourg (456)
• Unknown country (346)
• Brazil (314)
• Denmark (214)
• Madagascar (205)
• New Zealand (193)
• Australia (190)
• Austria (180)
• Viet Nam (155)
• Morocco (118)
• New Caledonia (116)
• Tunisia (110)
• Guadeloupe (105)
• Ireland (96)
• Sweden (78)
• Mayotte (76)
• Argentina (67)
• Haiti (67)
• Martinique (58)
• Romania (54)
• Russian Federation (52)
• Greece (49)
• Monaco (41)
• Poland (40)
• Mexico (39)
• Samoa (35)

Origine of last name

COLLET : 1: French and Breton: from a French pet form of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nicolas">Nicolas</a> (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nicholas">Nicholas</a> compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Colle">Colle</a>). This surname is also found in Germany where it is of Huguenot origin. Compare also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Collette">Collette</a>.2: English (western): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Collett">Collett</a>.3: Manx: altered form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Corlett">Corlett</a>.