How common is the surname Coddington?

3,871 people in the United States had the surname Coddington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. It ranked 8,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coddington?

Edwin Foster Coddington, American astronomer (1870–1950), followed by Boyd Coddington.

Where is the surname Coddington most common?

Wikidata records people named Coddington in the United States.

Is the surname Coddington getting more or less common?

More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,871 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Coddington

An English place surname, carried by 3,871 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coddington is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Coddington is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,871 people named Coddington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,667.

#8,509

rank among US surnames

3,871

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,504	Kurz	3,874	79,697
#8,505	Hubbs	3,873	79,717
#8,506	Aman	3,872	79,738
#8,509	Segarra	3,871	79,759
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820

Who is named Coddington

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

88% of people named Coddington identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coddingtons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin Foster Coddington
American astronomer (1870–1950)
Boyd Coddington
American hot rod designer (1944–2008)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coddington come from?: From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Coddington?: 3,871 people in the United States had the surname Coddington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,759 Americans. It ranked 8,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coddington?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Coddington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coddington?: Edwin Foster Coddington, American astronomer (1870–1950), followed by Boyd Coddington.
Where is the surname Coddington most common?: Wikidata records people named Coddington in the United States.
What type of surname is Coddington?: Coddington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Coddington getting more or less common?: More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,871 in 2010, up 5.6%.