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Webster Dictionary
Colinnoun
the American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite
Etymology: [F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas.]
Wikidata
Colin
Colin was one of America's greatest Thoroughbred racehorses. He retired undefeated after 15 starts and as a sire appears in the pedigree of the champion racehorse Alsab.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Colin
kol′in, the American quail or partridge. [Ety. dub.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Colin is ranked #4270 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Colin surname appeared 8,318 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Colin.
69.5% or 5,786 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
20.2% or 1,680 total occurrences were White.
8.8% or 736 total occurrences were Black.
0.7% or 61 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 43 total occurrences were Asian.
0.1% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Colin' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4144
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Colin' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1965
Anagrams for Colin »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Colin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Colin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Colin in a Sentence
The environment is now so opaque and difficult that even the iconic master-operator Jack Ma has paid a very dear price for missteps, zhang Yiming and Colin Huang are intensely aware of this example, and Zhang Yiming and Colin Huang desire to not follow in Ma's most recent footsteps probably played at least some role in Zhang Yiming and Colin Huang respective decisions to step down.
Sometimes you have to make a statement to further the issue, just like Colin Kaepernick, what we’re doing gets the conversation going.
Colin Kaepernick is one of the top free agents in football and a starting-caliber quarterback, the team at Colin KaepernickEA Sports, along with millions of Madden NFL fans, want to see him back in our game... We look forward to seeing Colin on Madden NFL teams everywhere.
They should just know that State Department, the State Department, folks like Colin Allred in Congress on the Foreign Affairs Committee, we're gon na do everything we can to get Brittney Griner home, to get any other American who's been detained unjustly home.
We are disappointed that Colin did not appear for his workout, colin's decision has no effect on his status in The NFL. He remains an unrestricted free agent eligible to sign with any club.
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- كولنArabic
- ColinCzech
- colinDanish
- colinGerman
- ΚόλινGreek
- colinEsperanto
- colinSpanish
- کالینPersian
- koliiniFinnish
- ColinFrench
- colinIrish
- कॉलिनHindi
- colinHungarian
- colinIndonesian
- colinItalian
- קוליןHebrew
- コリンJapanese
- ಕಾಲಿನ್Kannada
- 콜린Korean
- ColinLatin
- ColinDutch
- colinNorwegian
- ColinPolish
- ColinPortuguese
- colinRomanian
- КолинRussian
- colinSwedish
- கொலின்Tamil
- కోలిన్Telugu
- โคลินThai
- kolinTurkish
- colinUkrainian
- کولنUrdu
- colinVietnamese
- קאָליןYiddish
- 科林Chinese
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