How common is the surname Coffee?

6,223 people in the United States had the surname Coffee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,614 Americans. It ranked 5,585th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Coffee?

Claire Coffee, American actress, followed by W. J. Coffee.

Where is the surname Coffee most common?

Wikidata records people named Coffee in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Coffee getting more or less common?

More common. 6,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,223 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Coffee

A surname, carried by 6,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coffee is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,223 people named Coffee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,614 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,076.

#5,585

rank among US surnames

6,223

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,269)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,578	Thach	6,229	49,566
#5,582	Tse	6,227	49,582
#5,583	Stockman	6,226	49,590
#5,585	Duhon	6,223	49,614
#5,588	Ream	6,222	49,622

Who is named Coffee

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

69% of people named Coffee identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coffees

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claire Coffee
American actress, born 1980
W. J. Coffee
British artist and sculptor, 1774–1846
Lenore J. Coffee
American screenwriter and author (1896–1984)
Linda Coffee
American attorney, born 1942
John Coffee
American general (1772-1833)

Notable Coffees come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Coffee

Coffee has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

Questions

How common is the surname Coffee?: 6,223 people in the United States had the surname Coffee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,614 Americans. It ranked 5,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coffee?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Coffee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Coffee?: Claire Coffee, American actress, followed by W. J. Coffee.
Where is the surname Coffee most common?: Wikidata records people named Coffee in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Coffee getting more or less common?: More common. 6,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,223 in 2010, up 2.4%.