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There are approximately 8,852 people named Collett in the UK. That makes it the 1,207th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 140 are named Collett.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Diminutive

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The Collett surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

COLET. COLLETT. "Acolyth, acolythus, in our old English called a colet, was an inferior church sei"vant, who next under the sub-deacon waited on the priests and deacons, and performed the meaner offices of lighting the caudles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance." Keunet's Parochial Antiq. Burn's Eccles. Law. See CoUett below.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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