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    The surname Coe

    An English surname, carried by 16,819 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coe is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    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 16,819 people named Coe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,357 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,706.

    #2,157
    rank among US surnames
    16,819
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,989)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,148Comer16,89318,277
    #2,149Hawk16,88418,286
    #2,150Hamlin16,87118,300
    #2,152Schwab16,87018,301
    #2,153Gauthier16,85218,321
    #2,154Haskins16,84218,332
    #2,155Stovall16,82718,348

    Who is named Coe

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

    83% of people named Coe identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coes

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sebastian Coe
      British athlete and politician (born 1956)
    • David Allan Coe
      American country musician, 1939–2026
    • 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, born 1984
    • Barry Coe
      American actor (1934-2019)
    • Fred Coe
      American director (1914–1979)
    • Sue Coe
      British artist (b. 1951)

    Notable Coes come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coe

    Coe has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coe come from?
    English surname, from Middle English co and Old English ca (“jackdaw”), similar to caw, Scots ka.
    How common is the surname Coe?
    16,819 people in the United States had the surname Coe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,357 Americans. It ranked 2,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coe?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Coe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Coe?
    Sebastian Coe, British athlete and politician (born 1956), followed by David Allan Coe.
    Where is the surname Coe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Coe getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,819 in 2010, up 0.7%.