How common is the surname Coaxum?

1,228 people in the United States had the surname Coaxum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Coaxum getting more or less common?

More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Coaxum

A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coaxum is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,228 people named Coaxum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

#21,330

rank among US surnames

1,228

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+15.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,570)

Who is named Coaxum

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

93% of people named Coaxum identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.3% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
White (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Coaxum?: 1,228 people in the United States had the surname Coaxum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coaxum?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Coaxum identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Coaxum getting more or less common?: More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 16%.