How common is the surname Coad?

1,208 people in the United States had the surname Coad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. It ranked 21,599th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coad?

Merwin Coad, American politician.

Where is the surname Coad most common?

Wikidata records people named Coad in the United States.

Is the surname Coad getting more or less common?

More common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,208 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Coad

A surname, carried by 1,208 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coad is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,208 people named Coad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,179.

#21,599

rank among US surnames

1,208

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,817)

Who is named Coad

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

82% of people named Coad identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Merwin Coad
American politician, 1924–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coad

Coad has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

Questions

Where does the surname Coad come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Coad?: 1,208 people in the United States had the surname Coad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. It ranked 21,599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coad?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Coad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coad?: Merwin Coad, American politician.
Where is the surname Coad most common?: Wikidata records people named Coad in the United States.
Is the surname Coad getting more or less common?: More common. 1,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,208 in 2010, up 2.5%.