How common is the surname Coble?

9,204 people in the United States had the surname Coble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,545 Americans. It ranked 3,846th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coble?

Howard Coble, American politician (1931-2015).

Where is the surname Coble most common?

Wikidata records people named Coble in the United States.

Is the surname Coble getting more or less common?

More common. 9,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,204 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Coble

An occupational surname, carried by 9,204 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coble is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English cobel (“coble, rowboat”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such or a sailor. See modern coble. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel, Goebel.

Coble is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,204 people named Coble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,545 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,010.

#3,846

rank among US surnames

9,204

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,623)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,837	Galicia	9,229	33,454
#3,838	Javier	9,226	33,465
#3,839	Demers	9,225	33,468
#3,840	Biddle	9,219	33,490
#3,841	Brill	9,215	33,505
#3,843	Shay	9,212	33,516
#3,844	Farrington	9,211	33,519

Who is named Coble

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

87% of people named Coble identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cobles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Howard Coble
American politician (1931-2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coble

Coble has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

Questions

Where does the surname Coble come from?: * As an English surname, from Middle English cobel (“coble, rowboat”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such or a sailor. See modern coble. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel, Goebel.
How common is the surname Coble?: 9,204 people in the United States had the surname Coble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,545 Americans. It ranked 3,846th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coble?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Coble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coble?: Howard Coble, American politician (1931-2015).
Where is the surname Coble most common?: Wikidata records people named Coble in the United States.
What type of surname is Coble?: Coble is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Coble getting more or less common?: More common. 9,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,204 in 2010, up 2.2%.