# Coco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Sicilian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sicilian |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,264 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,902 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 94,591 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (3,137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkəʊkə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Cocco, Lococo |

## Etymology

From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coco 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) | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coco in the United States.

## People named Coco

- James Coco, American stage and screen actor (1930–1987)

## Similar surnames

Cook, Cooke, Coca, Cock, Couch, Cooks, Cosio, Cocco, Cox, Casey, Chase, Case.

## 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.