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    The surname Coachman

    A surname, carried by 1,616 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C255

    Coachman: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coachman #17,447, 1,616 people Coachman: #17,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coachman #17,447, 1,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coachman is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,616 people named Coachman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,522.

    #17,447
    rank among US surnames
    1,616
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,170)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055
    #17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174

    Who is named Coachman

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

    60% of people named Coachman identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 31%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.1%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Coachmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alice Coachman
      American high jumper (1923–2014)
    • Jonathan Coachman
      American sports anchor, professional wrestling commentator, professional wrestler and bask, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coachman

    Coachman has the Soundex code C255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Coachman?
    1,616 people in the United States had the surname Coachman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,055 Americans. It ranked 17,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coachman?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Coachman identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Coachman?
    Alice Coachman, American high jumper (1923–2014), followed by Jonathan Coachman.
    Where is the surname Coachman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coachman in the United States.
    Is the surname Coachman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,616 in 2010, up 6.2%.