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    The surname Coakley

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,127 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C240

    Coakley: #5,666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coakley #5,666, 6,127 people Coakley: #5,666 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coakley #5,666, 6,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coakley is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caochlaoich (“son of Caochlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements caoch (“blind”) + laoch (“hero”).

    Coakley is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 6,127 people named Coakley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,391 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,814.

    #5,666
    rank among US surnames
    6,127
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,499)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,658Kellum6,13650,317
    #5,660Tedesco6,13350,342
    #5,664Arvizu6,13050,366
    #5,666Coakley6,12750,391
    #5,668Ismail6,12650,399
    #5,669Brister6,12350,424
    #5,671Elmer6,11950,457

    Who is named Coakley

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

    76% of people named Coakley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coakleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Martha Coakley
      American lobbyist and lawyer, born 1953

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Coakley

    Coakley has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coakley come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caochlaoich (“son of Caochlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements caoch (“blind”) + laoch (“hero”).
    How common is the surname Coakley?
    6,127 people in the United States had the surname Coakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,391 Americans. It ranked 5,666th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coakley?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Coakley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Coakley?
    Martha Coakley, American lobbyist and lawyer.
    Where is the surname Coakley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coakley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Coakley?
    Coakley is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Coakley getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,127 in 2010, up 5.4%.
    What are other spellings of Coakley?
    Cokley.