Colville

Colville

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Colvile

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Colleville, in Normandy, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse kol (“coal”) + the French habitational suffix -ville.

Proper noun

Colville (countable and uncountable, plural Colvilles)

1. A surname from Norman.
2. A small town on the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand.
3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Benton County, Arkansas, United States.
4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Harrison County and Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States.
5. A city, the county seat of Stevens County, Washington, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Colville is the 20709^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1277 individuals. Colville is most common among White (93.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Colville”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 357.