How common is the surname Coco?

3,264 people in the United States had the surname Coco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. It ranked 9,902nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coco?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Coco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coco?

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

Where is the surname Coco most common?

Wikidata records people named Coco in the United States.

How do you pronounce Coco?

Coco is /ˈkəʊkə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Coco getting more or less common?

More common. 3,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,264 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Coco also a first name?

Yes. Coco is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Coco

A Sicilian occupational surname, carried by 3,264 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkəʊkə/ 2 syllables Soundex C200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coco is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

Sicilian origin

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

Coco 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 3,264 people named Coco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,137.

#9,902

rank among US surnames

3,264

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #9,506)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,895	Schiavone	3,267	94,504
#9,899	Chacko	3,266	94,533
#9,901	Janik	3,265	94,562
#9,902	Stickler	3,264	94,591
#9,907	Chamblee	3,263	94,620
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649

Who is named Coco

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

85% of people named Coco identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Two or more races 1.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cocos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Coco

Coco has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

Where does the surname Coco come from?: From the Italian Coco, a surname derived from Sicilian cocu (“cook”).
How common is the surname Coco?: 3,264 people in the United States had the surname Coco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. It ranked 9,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coco?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Coco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coco?: James Coco, American stage and screen actor (1930–1987).
Where is the surname Coco most common?: Wikidata records people named Coco in the United States.
How do you pronounce Coco?: Coco is /ˈkəʊkə/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Coco?: Coco is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Coco getting more or less common?: More common. 3,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,264 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Coco?: Cocco and Lococo.
Is Coco also a first name?: Yes. Coco is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.