How common is the surname Cahoon?

4,849 people in the United States had the surname Cahoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,672 Americans. It ranked 6,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cahoon getting more or less common?

More common. 4,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,849 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Cahoon

An Irish surname, carried by 4,849 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cahoon is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Irish variant of Colquhoun.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,849 people named Cahoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,672 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,660.

#6,918

rank among US surnames

4,849

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,683)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,909	Swinney	4,856	63,580
#6,912	Koval	4,855	63,593
#6,913	Gasca	4,854	63,606
#6,914	Fortney	4,853	63,620
#6,915	Gwinn	4,852	63,633
#6,916	Cassel	4,851	63,646
#6,917	Jahn	4,850	63,659

Who is named Cahoon

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Cahoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cahoon

Cahoon has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cahoon come from?: Irish variant of Colquhoun.
How common is the surname Cahoon?: 4,849 people in the United States had the surname Cahoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,672 Americans. It ranked 6,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cahoon?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cahoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cahoon getting more or less common?: More common. 4,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,849 in 2010, up 4.1%.