# Coad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,208 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,599 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 255,584 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (1,179 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the root of code in the sense of "cobbler's wax." The name could have been influenced by Old Cornish cuit (“wood”), from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coad in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coad in the United States.

## People named Coad

- Merwin Coad, American politician

## Similar surnames

Cody, Cota, Cady, Cade, Coady, Coody, Cawood, Cote, Choate, Cathey, Cato, Cotto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.