# Coe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coe/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,157 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,357 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (16,706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from Middle English co and Old English ca (“jackdaw”), similar to caw, Scots ka.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coe 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Coe

- Sebastian Coe, British athlete and politician (born 1956)
- David Allan Coe, American country musician
- George Coe, American actor (1929-2015)
- Michael D. Coe, American Mesoamericanist (1929-2019)
- Wesley Coe, American shot putter (1879–1926)
- Nathan Coe, Australian soccer player
- Barry Coe, American actor (1934-2019)
- Fred Coe, American director (1914–1979)
- Sue Coe, British artist (b. 1951)

## Similar surnames

Coy, Co, Couey, Coey, Choe, Cohee, Choi, Cho, Chu, Cao, Chow, Chau.

## 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.