# Coates (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coates/  
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) | 23,725 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,512 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,014 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.6% (21,652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /koʊts/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coates 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coates in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire.

## People named Coates

- Ta-Nehisi Coates, American writer, journalist, and educator
- Florence Earle Coates, American writer and poet (1850-1927)
- Phyllis Coates, American actress (1927–2023)
- Albert Coates, British conductor (1882-1953)
- John H Coates, Australian mathematician (1945–2022)
- Eric Coates, British composer (1886–1957)
- Gloria Coates, American composer
- John Coates, Australian sports administrator
- Odia Coates, American musician (1941–1991)
- Conrad Coates, British actor
- Alaina Coates, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Robert M. Coates, American novelist, short story writer and art critic (1897–1973)

## Similar surnames

Cates, Coats, Coots, Coutts, Couts, Chadwick, Chaidez, Cutts, Cadiz, Cutshaw, Cadieux, Chittick.

## 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.