# Coburn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coburn/  
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) | 13,741 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,625 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,469 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (13,514 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Cockburn.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coburn 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coburn in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Coburn

- James Coburn, American actor (1928–2002)
- Charles Coburn, American film, theater actor (1877–1961)
- Emma Coburn, American steeplechaser
- Tom Coburn, American politician and physician (1948–2020)
- Alvin Langdon Coburn, American-British photographer (1882–1966)
- Donald L. Coburn, American dramatist
- David Coburn, American actor
- Dorothy Coburn, American actress (1905–1978)
- Abner Coburn, American politician (1803-1885)

## Similar surnames

Cipriano, Chavarin, Cipriani, Capron, Cooperman, Cibrian.

## 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.