How common is the surname Coady?

2,494 people in the United States had the surname Coady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. It ranked 12,447th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coady?

Tess Coady, Australian snowboarder, followed by Sharon Needles.

Where is the surname Coady most common?

Wikidata records people named Coady in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Coady getting more or less common?

More common. 2,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,494 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Coady

A surname, carried by 2,494 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coady is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,494 people named Coady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,340.

#12,447

rank among US surnames

2,494

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,206)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895

Who is named Coady

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

92% of people named Coady identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coadys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tess Coady
Australian snowboarder, born 2000
Sharon Needles
American drag performer, born 1981

Notable Coadys come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coady

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

Questions

How common is the surname Coady?: 2,494 people in the United States had the surname Coady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. It ranked 12,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coady?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coady identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coady?: Tess Coady, Australian snowboarder, followed by Sharon Needles.
Where is the surname Coady most common?: Wikidata records people named Coady in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Coady getting more or less common?: More common. 2,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,494 in 2010, up 6.6%.