The following are variations of differant names that have been derived from the original name "De Colleville" of the original city in Normandy, France. Although there are more than one place named Colleville (= Col's vill or farm) in Normandy. Most likely the surname is from Celoville, a town between Caen and Bayeux in Normandy. Colvin, according to experts, is a vernacular pronunciation of Colville, which was first recorded as used by a John Colvin in the parish of Bothkenner, 1680, Stirling, Scotland. That century, the same person is recorded as Colville and then Collwyne. There was a earlier Colvin from Old English, (11th Century) spelled Colwine but the Scottish surname is undoubtedly from Colville. Some equate Colville with Coldwell, due to perhaps to an occasional mistaken use of these two as synonyms.

At this time no Scottish Family Septs names have been associated with the Clan Colville, but all other found varation spellings of Colville are as follows:

Colvil Colvile Colvill Collvill Collville Colleville Colvel Colvell Colveil Colveill Colwen Coleville Colville
Colvylle Colvin Colven Colvan Colwan Colavin Colevil De Colville De Coleville De Colleville McColeville McColvill McColville Collwyne Colwine Colvine McColwin Covell Covill Coville Colluyne Colwell Colwill Collwell Colweill Coilwill Coluil Coluill Coluile Colvele Colvvle Colvyll Coleuyll Colevyll Coldwell Caldwell Cauldwell

United States occurance of the Colville Name

United States occurance of the Colvin Name

The color of each state indicates how frequently you will find someone with the Colville surname in each state. For instance, if a state is colored red, then 1 in 100 people (or more) in that state have the surname. Similarly, yellow means approximately 1 in 300 have the surname, green means 1 in 1000, and blue means 1 in 10,000 (or less). To check other Surnames, click on this text or the map to get to the Hamick Names Site

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