The Scottish and English surname Colyer is an occupational name for a burner of charcoal or a gatherer or seller of coal, from the Middle English term cole meaning “(char)coal.” The name is first recorded in 1150 when Ranulf Colier is recorded in "Documents relating to the Danelaw", Lincolnshire. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1618 when Daniel Collier arrived in Virginia. Today there are approximately 3,000 bearers of the name Colyer living in the United States.
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